Whitepapers
Knowledge is a Treasure, but Practice is the Key to it.
-Laozi
HOW DO DATA CATALOGS BUILT AS KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS ENABLE AN ENTERPRISE DATA FABRIC
Data Fabric is a new approach in the world of data and it’s getting a lot of buzz in the industry. Read this white paper to learn more about why knowledge graphs are important to data catalogs.
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KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS VERSUS PROPERTY GRAPHS
In this white paper, we compare the strengths and limitations of Knowledge Graphs versus Property Graphs and provide guidance on their respective capabilities.
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TOPQUADRANT DATA GOVERNANCE CASE STUDIES
Learn how TopBraid EDG has supported clients across industries, creating centralized data repositories, unified knowledge graphs, and more in this whitepaper
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IMPLEMENTING DATA GOVERNANCE WITH KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS TO ENABLE ENTERPRISE AI
Are You Considering How AI May Help Your Information Management? Then you will want to learn about the synergistic relationship between Data Governance, Knowledge Graphs, and enterprise applications of AI and Machine Learning (ML)
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MATURING REFERENCE DATA MANAGEMENT
This paper presents a practitioner informed roadmap intended to assist enterprises in maturing their Enterprise Information Management (EIM) practices, with a specific focus on improving Reference Data Management (RDM).
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BUILDING BRIDGES TO BUSINESS CONTEXT IS ESSENTIAL TO DATA GOVERNANCE
In this white paper, we outline how knowledge graphs are flexible, evolvable, semantic and intelligent. It is these characteristics that enable them to capture the description of data as an interconnected set of information that meaningfully bridges enterprise metadata silos.
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MATURING INFORMATION GOVERNANCE WITH TOPBRAID EDG
This paper provides a brief overview of the importance of information governance — and data governance as a key component of it. It outlines Enterprise Information Management (EIM), Reference Data Management (RDM) capabilities and more.
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HOW CAN SEMANTIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT HELP TO PRESERVE MEANING IN A DYNAMIC DATA ENVIRONMENT?
By connecting all kinds of data and its metadata in a more accessible way than ever, semantic data management systems empower users, data stewards and analysts to make more accurate use of, gain precise and timely insights from, and unlock the true meaning behind their business’s data.
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL REFERENCE DATA MANAGEMENT
This paper discusses the challenges associated with implementing a reference data management solution. It outlines best practices for the governance and management of reference data and describes fundamental capabilities that should be provided in any modern reference data solution.
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MDM INSTITUTE FIELD REPORT: TOPBRAID REFERENCE DATA MANAGER
This white paper discusses TopQuadrant’s TopBraid RDM solution – a self-service reference data governance hub for subject matter experts that provides “full spectrum” reference data to comprehensively support an enterprise’s IT portfolio.
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USING TOPBRAID TO WORK WITH SPREADSHEET DATA
This technical whitepaper provides a description of the set of TopBraid capabilities for importing and transforming different types of spreadsheet data into meaningful, structured information in RDF, along with guidance for when and how to use each specific capability.
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LINKED DATA IN THE ENTERPRISE
This white paper discusses Linked Data as a method of storing and sharing data that fundamentally differs from the relational database. It highlights the benefits of Linked Data by outlining how it will reduce the cost of modifying IT-systems and data integration.
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CONTROLLED VOCABULARIES, TAXONOMIES, AND THESAURUSES (AND ONTOLOGIES)
One man’s taxonomy may be another woman’s thesaurus, and what is an ontology, anyway? The paper describes definitions of each that are not official, standard definitions, but have worked well for us in practical situations and will help you to understand their relationships.
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TOWARDS EXECUTABLE ENTERPRISE MODELS: BUILDING SEMANTIC ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE SOLUTIONS WITH TOPBRAID SUITE™
This whitepaper presents an overview of the need for and value of dynamic and executable EA models for enterprises. It makes made a case that semantic web technologies and TopBraid Suite are a promising way to accomplish this.
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FEA ONTOLOGY MODELING WHITE PAPER
This white paper describes the design of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Reference Ontology Models (FEA RMO) and the five models that have been encoded in OWL (W3C standard Web Ontology Language).
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DICTIONARY OF SEARCH TERMINOLOGY
The problem of Information Retrieval continues to attract increasing attention as the oceans of unstructured data organizations have already captured, and are continuing to capture, keep on growing. At the same time accurate and speedy access to the information is becoming ever more difficult. This white paper describes how to select the right search tool and the many factors that need to be taken in to account.
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SEMANTIC WEB SOLUTIONS AT WORK IN THE ENTERPRISE
The amount of digitized information is growing at unprecedented rate. In this white paper we discuss the semantic web solutions at work within the enterprise.
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