Desktop content graph part 2. Tags and taxonomy concepts
In this article I am starting to look at turning Finder tags into taxonomy Concepts. If you haven't read parts 0 and 1 you can find…
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Desktop content graph part 3. Building the initial application
The first three parts in this series dealt with issues of information design; the overall ideas, the model and taxonomy considerations. This article is about…
Read moreDesktop content graph part 1. A content model for file linking and classification
The main topic for this article is how files in the file system need to behave when incorporated into a content model. The main purpose…
Read morePrelude to the desktop content graph project
Following my recent series of articles on building a content graph (based on content in web content management systems), I thought that it would be…
Read moreUnpacking SHACL
An abundance of acronyms Semantic technologies seem to suffer more than most from galloping acronymitis; the tendency to come up with the most tortured, obscure…
Read moreA web content graph, part seven: GraphDB APIs
Across the first six articles I covered the use of information components representing structured content, taxonomies and graph databases to hold the relevant information (and…
Read moreA web content graph, part six: The graph database
Over the course of the last five articles I have shown how it is possible to build up an information model (ontology) that can allow…
Read moreA web content graph, part five; Information model design
A recurring thread running through the articles in this series is the information model. I have mentioned the use of classes, relations and metadata. Up…
Read moreA web content graph, part four; Middleware for linking information
So far, I have talked about some of the information-centred components of a content graph; Content graph items, Content graph authors and the Tellura Content…
Read moreA web content graph, part three; Taxonomy design
This article is about the taxonomy component of a content graph. Although the idea of a content graph is centred on links between content objects…
Read moreA web content graph, part two; Content design
In this article I’m going to go into how well-structured content architecture is important in the design of content graphs. I will discuss how information…
Read moreA web content graph, part one: Guiding principles
This is the first in a series of seven articles on building a content graph. In this part I will introduce the concept of a…
Read moreHow to make a shared secret
Dear bank; let's share a secret I have had running battles about security with banks over decades; more or less ever since they started offering…
Read moreBuild your own PoolParty backup utility
As a part of your governance process, if you are a PoolParty taxonomy manager you will know that you have a number of options for…
Read moreBuild a taxonomy using PoolParty CardSorting
This is rather an unusual article for me, as I don't generally talk in detail about other company's tools. What's different in this case is…
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