by Irene Polikoff | Oct 25, 2017 | Ontology Modeling, Blog
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...
by Robert Coyne | Oct 6, 2017 | Data Governance, Blog
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...
by Kristi Lee-John | Sep 13, 2017 | Data Governance, Blog
* This post has been updated to reflect new questions received in the presentation of the webinar An Overview of SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language), on October 17, 2017. The webinar was our second in a series of webinars focused on SHACL features and capabilities and...
by ralph hodgson | Aug 25, 2017 | Best Practices, Data Governance, Blog
Governance of data is not only about managing metadata of enterprise data assets, it’s also about setting up a “Governance Framework” that defines business areas, data subject areas, organizations, roles and responsibilities. In this post we provide...
by Robert Coyne | Aug 21, 2017 | Data Governance, Blog
We all strive to make good business decisions, but with the continuous improvements in technology and data storage it can often be difficult to sift through all of the available data. Much of it may be good data—in other words, correct data that is timely, useful and...
by Irene Polikoff | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog
For several years TopQuadrant has been a sponsor at the DGIQ Conference in San Diego. This year the conference was bigger than ever! From our own experience, we know that this reflects the continuing fast growth in the use of data governance across many organizations....
