Graphite KOS 5.0 Another year added to Synaptica’s 25 (+1) tenure and already we have our second major release of our knowledge organization system (KOS), Graphite, in 2021. We are continuing to update and evolve Graphite’s functionality to meet our...
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Metadata At this point, we all live in the digital universe. We order our goods online, we conduct most of our business digitally, and we socialize and interact virtually. The internet of...
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On Polyhierarchy Definition In taxonomy, a polyhierarchy refers to any hierarchical structure that allows a term to have multiple parents. (The opposite concept, monohierarchy, is used to describe taxonomies that do not allow polyhierarchy.) ...
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Comparing A to B While recently discussing taxonomy versioning with a few of our clients, they cited A/B testing as one of their use cases for creating taxonomy versions. In addition to creating point-in-time versions of...
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I am not a fan. A taxonomist working on any taxonomy of sufficient size and scope will encounter disambiguation issues. This occurs when the label for a term isn’t clear…
Relationships It is fundamental human nature to form relationships. Forming a relationship between two people is based on transparency, mutually beneficial outcomes, and trust. The world of online semantics is modeled on...
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Taxonomy Boot Camp London Overall, this year’s Taxonomy Boot Camp London (TBCL19) included a fair mix of topics and speakers directly and tangentially related to taxonomy. While last year’s conference...
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Our first Insights interview for 2019 features Gary Carlson, founding partner of Factor based in Seattle. Gary has worked extensively on major enterprise taxonomy, information architecture, and knowledge management projects…
As the Synaptica team prepare for Taxonomy Boot Camp London we talked with Helen Lippell, an experienced data and information professional, about her involvement with developing the event. Helen is…
One of the primary motivations for performing text analytics is to determine the aboutness of a document or sets of documents (a corpus). While we are no doubt familiar with...
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