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Enhancing AI Effectiveness with Taxonomies and Knowledge Graphs

Enhancing AI Effectiveness with Taxonomies and Knowledge Graphs

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Modern AI systems are only as effective as the information they consume. Unfortunately, much of that information is messy. Taxonomies and other structured knowledge models have long helped organizations make sense of complex data. When paired with data management tools, they support everything from content discovery and analytics to personalization, integration, and lifecycle governance of …

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Building the Right Information Foundations for AI Enablement

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AI is only as good as the data it’s built on. You’ve heard the promises–efficiency, automation, and insight at scale. But the reality is, AI can only deliver if it has high-quality, well-structured, and easily accessible information to work with. Enterprises rushing to integrate AI into high-stakes decision-making and strategic initiatives without first addressing their …

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Future-Proofing Your Organization’s Taxonomy With a Governance Plan

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Change is inevitable. The way your organization structures and manages information today won’t be the same five years from now or even next year. But without a strong governance plan, even the best-designed taxonomies can become disorganized, inefficient, or misaligned with business needs. In this webinar, Paula Little & Connor Cantrell cut through the complexity …

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The Role of Information Foundations in Scaling a Business

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Effectively scaling core business capabilities means ensuring the right information flows to the right people at the right time. Without a strong process for managing information, growth often leads to chaos instead of progress. Structured taxonomies, metadata, and governance policies turn raw data into an asset, making it easier to find, interpret, and use. These …

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AI Integration and aligning AI approaches for taxonomy and tagging

Aligning A.I. Approaches for Taxonomy & Tagging – Intentional Integration

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As the AI rush began, many companies raced to integrate AI into their products to stay competitive. Unfortunately, this “AI for AI’s sake” mindset often led to poor implementations and subpar outcomes. But there’s a better way forward. Hosted by Factor Taxonomist Erik Lee, this webinar offers a practical guide to integrating AI intentionally and …

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Term Formation in Taxonomy

On Term Formation: Consistency, Standards, and Exceptions

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As taxonomy consultants at Factor, we are frequently engaged to help our clients clean up and improve existing taxonomies; these have often developed ad hoc and, often, have not been constructed or managed by taxonomists. This is fine! Having controlled lists of tags is better than not…having controlled lists of tags, and it’s a great …

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Taxonomy Inventory and Audit for a Fortune 500 Software Company

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About the Project Following an Alignment Accelerator workshop, the client, a Fortune 500 publisher of business and finance software, engaged Factor to perform an inventory and audit of metadata and taxonomies that its internal service organization used for content management. This was the first step on the roadmap developed in collaboration with Factor during the …

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Don’t Skip Steps, but Don’t Boil the Ocean: Practical Advice on Taxonomy Documentation

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My colleague Connor Cantrell recently wrote a piece on taxonomy governance, placing it in the context of collection lifecycle management in libraries. One of the primary reasons for governance, whether of taxonomies, metadata, content, data, records, books, academic journals, or any other digital or physical information asset, is to ensure that it’s managed in a …

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On Limitations of Systems Consuming Taxonomies

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Taxonomy management is crucial for large organizations with diverse content, yet many systems struggle with modern taxonomy structures. Common issues include: Manual Updates, Limited Functionality, Flattened Taxonomies, Inadequate Support. These limitations hinder productivity and the effective use of taxonomies. I’m interested in learning about other challenges and effective platforms for managing taxonomies.

Building an Information-First Mindset for Organizational Success

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Unlock your data’s full potential by mastering organizational alignment and shifting your mindset to drive success in information management with Co-founder Bram Wessel, CEO Gwen Hall, and information architect Bob Kasenchak . Watch our interactive webinar to explore strategies for overcoming challenges and building effective, holistic information platforms.