The Art of Crafting Competency Questions for Knowledge Graphs

Applying self-service BI concepts to knowledge graph development. This blog is from the “deleted scenes” of my book, Semantic Webs of Meaning, Technics Publications, 2026 (mostly Chapter 10). It is also a continuation of the competency questions discussion begun in Where Should an Enterprise Knowledge Graph Start? Competency Questions: TL;DR Competency questions ... Are natural-language questions … Continue reading The Art of Crafting Competency Questions for Knowledge Graphs →

Where Should an Enterprise Knowledge Graph Start?

I recently became aware of a stance on how to begin a knowledge graph endeavor that is somewhat contradictory to what I prescribe in Semantic Webs of Meaning. This is an important point to clarify. Here is the bullet-point summary: Different Stance: Do not infer what the ontology ought to be merely from the structures … Continue reading Where Should an Enterprise Knowledge Graph Start? →

Web of Functions (Transformations)

This article is a supplement to my new book, Semantic Webs of Meaning: Building Contextual Knowledge Graphs for Deduction and Integration published by Technics Publications (on Amazon) . This is an extension to the topic, Machine Learning Models as Data Products, on page 173. In that topic, iris.py is an example of a Python program … Continue reading Web of Functions (Transformations) →

KPI-First Probing of the Tuple Correlation Web

Note: From the “deleted scenes” of my book, Enterprise Intelligence, Technics Publications, 2024. This addresses a layered approach to building a Tuple Correlation Web (TCW), which can be massive in its full, enterprise-scoped manifestation. The TCW is primarily an Enterprise Intelligence structure, but it also belongs within the larger idea of my new book, Semantic Webs of … Continue reading KPI-First Probing of the Tuple Correlation Web →