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POLL RESULTS and Q&A from our RECENT WEBINAR: “Applied Data Governance: A Day in the Life of a Reference Data Steward”
We conducted two polls with interesting responses and fielded several questions as part of our recent webinar, Applied Data Governance: A Day in the Life of a Reference Data Steward. The webinar focused on managing the use of reference data originating within the...
read moreFrom OWL to SHACL in an automated way
Following my two recent talks at the Enterprise Data World, 2018: SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language) – An Introduction, [Download Slides >>] FIBO in SHACL: The Next Step in Data Validation and Interoperability, [Download Slides >] I have been getting many questions...
read moreConnecting Glossary Terms with Data Elements is a Key Data Governance Task
Many large businesses – from pharmaceutical to aerospace to consumer goods – as well as government agencies rely on data governance to bring together all their disparate data sources – to make data across an organization available, meaningful, usable, re-usable, and...
read moreA Recap of December’s DG Winter Conference
Happy 2018! December was a busy month – as I’m sure many of you, like me, experienced. We started the month with a trip to the Data Governance Winter Conference in Delray Beach, Florida. It is a great place to be in December, not only for the weather but also for the...
read moreHow does SHACL Support Data Governance?
SHACL (SHAPES Constraint Language) is a powerful, recently released W3C standard for data modeling, ontology design, data validation, inferencing and data transformation. In this post, we explore some important ways in which SHACL can be used to support capabilities...
read moreA Recap from SEMANTiCS 2017
TopQuadrant recently wrapped up our attendance, sponsorship and exhibition at SEMANTiCS 2017 in Amsterdam. This year’s conference had a strong turnout with 370 attendees to be exact. This represented a growth of 33% over last year which reflects the growing demand for...
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