The DCA Symposium is a great way to find out why & how to pragmatically change from an application-centric paradigm to a data centric one! Too often, our approach to systems functionality is to reach for the next application or integration instead of looking what additional value can be extracted from data within the enterprise…
Do you ‘know your content’? Organisations typically only ‘know’ 20% of their digital content. Your searchable content may not be as large as Google’s, but 80% of your digital estate is still a lot of knowledge value going begging! Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed semantics as a way of applying logic to the vastness of the…
Metadata is the lexicon of your digital domain. Metadata is more vital than many organisations realise. AI & organisational knowledge depend on it. We literally use metadata to describe the universe: high volumes of digital information about galaxies far, far away. Without metadata, there would simply be a multitude of stars lacking the relationships & relevancy…
Semantics is the logic of meaning and how referential relationships inform that. Concepts using natural language are the basis of the semantic model, an ontology which sets out this logic and ensures consistency of meaning. Semantic tags reflect imaginative human concepts & vocabulary, not the linear machine terminology of applications. They should reflect how the…
Once you have clean data, why stint your investment? Curation isn’t just about certain datasets (as many would have it) nor just about metadata, but about sustaining the health & value of your entire data-fuelled corporate cardiovascular system. Just like the human body, a blockage anywhere in the system can prove fatal. Think again about…
Modelling techniques are vital in digital, where the distinction between logical and physical dataflows has been overtaken by the need to ensure the business has the data to deliver on its intentions – from the centre to the edge and all points in between. This is such a complex environment that visual presentation is essential.…
The term ‘ontology’ (which can be off-putting) is understood as ‘the study of being’ or the ‘logic of existence’. In this context, it applies to content – why does this content exist? The ontology acts as the organising mind: a generalisable framework for understanding entities, their context & relationships, using semantic tags. It is an…