New technologies like ChatGPT are all the rage, as they aim to answer questions and provide information that makes our lives easier. Yet, the validity of the results generated has come under scrutiny and, as a result, much emphasis has been made on how organizations can get relevant and trustworthy data into the hands of […]
A Brief History of Semantics
As a word, “semantics” was first used by Michel Bréal, a French philologist (a language historian),in 1883. He studied how languages are organized, how languages change as time passes, and the connections within languages. Gen erally speaking, semantics is the study of language and its meaning. More specifically, semantics can be used to describe how […]
Data Ontology is the Future, and I Can’t Wait
Click to learn more about author Mike Brody. When the inventor of the World Wide Web says a new technology is gonna be big, I’m inclined to listen. In this now decade-old TED Talk, W3C Director Sir Tim Berners-Lee makes a convincing case for the critical importance of what he calls “data linking,” a technology that […]
Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Knowledge Graphs: Better Together
At the heart of things, an enterprise knowledge graph supports decision and process augmentation based on linked data. These models of knowledge domains are created by subject matter experts with the help of machine learning algorithms. They live as virtual data layers on top of existing databases or data sets to link both structured and […]
Semantic Web and Semantic Technology Trends in 2018
There have been some exciting developments of late in the Semantic Web and Technology space. Semantic Technology trends in 2018 will continue to advance many of the trends discussed in 2017 and build upon a number of new changes just entering the marketplace. This fall, in fact, the Elsevier 2017 Semantic Web challenge focused on […]
Linked Data Plays a Role in Efforts to End IoT Fragmentation
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on the fast track, with IHS Markit recently forecasting that the number of connected IOT devices this year will reach 20 billion. In its report, IoT Trend Watch 2017, however, the research firm also points to technology fragmentation in the area, which will require efforts including further alignment of […]
Schema.org, EDM Council Partner to Create Smarter Searching for Financial Markets Websites
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “EDM Council, the financial industry’s trade association for data management, is teaming up with Schema.org to transform the way financial concepts are linked across the internet to deliver more relevant and accurate results from major search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Yandex. The initiative will help […]
The Emphasis is on Out-of-the-Box Internet of Things Data Management
Enterprises face growing Data Management challenges as the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) becomes an increasing part of their daily activities. The difficulties for companies in sectors like manufacturing and energy start with a slew of Internet of Things devices, producing and sending information in realtime, whose sensor data must often be combined with other […]
2017 Trends for Semantic Web and Semantic Technologies
Are you hearing the term “Semantic Web” as often as you may have in the past? There’s no denying the importance of the technologies, standards, concepts, and collaborations that define the Semantic Web proper and all that is affiliated with it or grown out of it. These range from a dependency on RDF/OWL triple stores […]
Base22 Releases New Development Platform for Next Web
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “Base22 today announced the public beta launch of its flagship software product, Carbon LDP. Carbon LDP is one of the first commercial implementations of the Linked Data Platform specification, a new kind of Semantic Web system endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium […]