Semantic Arts, Inc.

Regulatory Issue Brief - Data Implications I wrote a two-page summary of the key regulatory priorities for the coming year and what they mean for data. The three prevalent themes are standards, granularity of reporting and interoperability. As always, firms have two choices on how to respond: (1) assemble ad hoc teams and work tactically or (2) understand the trends as enduring realities and an opportunity to get your data house in order. Let us know what you think. Rants, raves and alternatives points of view are welcome and encouraged. https://lnkd.in/gYcyx5yS

Data-Centric Architecture Forum Update   The 6th annual data-centric architecture conference (June 4-6, Fort Collins, CO) is for the exchange of ideas by semantic practitioners. Early registration expires May 15. We are pleased to announce some of the initial speakers. Full details at the DCA Forum website (https://www.dcaforum.com/)   Provenance and Lineage: Forrest Hare, PhD, Summit Knowledge Solutions LLC – perspectives on using RDF-star conventions to track provenance of facts in a triple store   Entity Resolution: Peter Wilczynski, Palantir – using hypostatic attributes (i.e., the underlying or fundamental characteristics of an entity) to identify and match it with other entities   Cybersecurity: Ryan Hohimer, Semantic Arts – ontologies in cybersecurity using real world use cases from the Indications of Behavior and Automated Cybersecurity Playbooks   Entity Resolution: Paco Nathan, Derrwin AI – how to make graphs more meaningful in data-centric architectures by repairing connected data and consolidating duplicate nodes   Scalability: Ricky Sun, Ultipa – architectures to build an optimal equilibrium between graph databases scalability and performance   #semantics #datacentric #knowledgegraph #dataarchitecture #entityresolution #cybersecurity #LLM #lineage

The research analysts at Gartner recently placed “contextualized information and graph technologies” at the center of their impact radar for emerging technologies. They maintain that this recognition of the importance of these “critical enablers to define, contextualize and constrain data for consistency and trust is all part of the maturity process for today’s enterprise.” They went on to characterize this as a shift from a traditional ETL mindset to a new ECL (extract, contextualize and load) orientation to ensure meaningful data connections.   This is the basic idea behind the concept of data-centric – which has been the mantra at Semantic Arts for over a decade. We originated the notion of putting data and the model at the center of the system. In a data-centric environment, applications conform to the data, not the other way around. We know from experience that leveraging semantic standards, graph technology and a commitment to elegant simplicity is the key to long term system and data improvement.    Join us at the 6th annual Data-Centric Architecture Forum (June 4-6, 2024) to find out more about data-centric business transformation. https://www.dcaforum.com/

Data Centric Architecture Forum Semantic Arts is hosting its 6th annual data-centric architectural conference (June 4-6, 2024).  This is an in-person event in Fort Collins, CO. Space will be limited to give semantic practitioners an opportunity to exchange ideas on what components of a data-centric architecture are most promising as well as how they might be best assembled. For this year’s event, we are specifically interested in exploring: ·       LLMs and how they fit into data-centric architecture  ·       The requirements for improving cyber resilience ·       Architecture for provenance and data lineage ·       Strategies and approaches for entity resolution ·       Addressing scale while remaining true to data-centric principles The DCA Forum website https://www.dcaforum.com/ contains full details. Early registration expires soon. There is also a link for those that are interested in presenting. #semantics #semanticarts #knowledgegraph #datamanagement #LLM #cybersecurity

Sign the Data Centric Manifesto Dave McComb coined the phrase 'data-centric' years ago to represent the shift from having applications at the center of systems to having data as the most important part. The value is that instead of transforming data for each new viewpoint, the data is stored once in a way that retains the original content, connections and meaning - so that it can be reused for other purposes. This post by Ryan Riccucci points back to the original data centric manifesto that sets out the key principles. Help spread the word - become a signatory

Welcome Brett Heffelfinger — the latest ontologist to join Semantic Arts. Brett comes to us as an ontologist and data scientist from DuPont and brings additional expertise to our firm in generative AI and text analytics. We are delighted to add him to our team. Semantic Arts continues to grow as more companies move toward adopting the data-centric approach to data management. https://lnkd.in/gH5N2UEk

Data-Centric Insights Two items have just been released that are worth checking out. The first is a podcast interview with Dave McComb (President of Sematic Arts) by Joaquin Melara (host of the AI Digest podcast) - https://lnkd.in/g5zbGkc9. The second is an interview with Dave by Alan Morrison (GAI, Application Sprawl and the Universal Need for Data-Centric Architecture). https://lnkd.in/g6y98bvQ Both offer insights into the architecture and psychology behind the concept of data-centric. As usual, Dave offers lessons that one can only learn by doing. His 20-year journey of semantic discovery demonstrates that the data-centric approach and a commitment to simplicity are the keys to long-term systems and data improvement. The underlying message is that if you want to address the data dilemmas, you must understand and fix the data. Reach out if you want to learn more. #semanticarts #semantics #knowledgegraph #datamanagement #davemccomb #datacentric

Modular Value Proposition    Dave McComb (Semantic Arts founder) wrote a new article titled “Data-Centric: How Big Things Get Done (in IT) - https://lnkd.in/gkJE-mFJ     In the article, Dave explores the reality of cost overruns for most major projects including IT. It is a real eye-opener to realize that most IT projects run over budget by an average of 73% - and that doesn’t include the “fat tail” metric which illustrates that with IT projects, once they go over, they have a good chance of going way over. They seem to be the fattest of tails.    Dave extends his insight to legacy modernization projects (i.e., replacing obsolete technology or required upgrades from software vendors). The conclusion he draws is about the value of data-centric as the modular approach to digital transformation.     Take a look at Dave’s article. It lays out the case for modular modernization using the Semantic Arts methodology that promotes migration toward data-centric one (achievable) project at a time. We’d be interested in your thoughts.   

A foundational ontology is an accelerator for anyone starting their data transformation journey. I was at a workshop last week where we ran gist (the Semantic Arts open source ontology) through its modeling paces. Impressive.