Dan Brown has focused his design work on information architecture for the past 25 years. 

Along the way, he has written three books, designed a design game, and created one of the the most-used tools in the profession, the Information Architecture Lenses card deck.

Dan is very thoughtful about the practice of IA and has a lot to say about how the field has evolved.

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Dan Brown: Information Architecture Lenses - 114

Twenty years ago at IBM, the company's commitment to user-focused content led to the decision to develop a standard way of structuring content so that it could be used in multiple channels.

Michael Priestley was uniquely positioned to lead the effort to create the corporate standard that became DITA, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture.

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Michael Priestley: Creator of the DITA Structured-Content Standard - 192

In recent years, data products have emerged as a solution to the enterprise problem of siloed data and knowledge.

Andrea Gioia helps his clients build composable, reusable data products so they can capitalize on the value in their data assets.

Built around collaboratively developed ontologies, these data products evolve into something that might also be called a knowledge product.

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Andrea Gioia: Human-Centered Modeling for Data Products - 030

Since the semantic web was introduced almost 25 years ago, many have dismissed it as a failure.

Charles Ivie shows that the RDF standard and the knowledge-representation technology built on it have actually been quite successful.

More than half of the world's web pages now share semantic annotations, and the widespread adoption of knowledge graphs in enterprises and media companies is only growing as enterprise AI architectures mature.

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Charles Ivie: The Rousing Success of the Semantic Web "Failure" - 031

As the founder of Wikidata, Denny Vrandečić has thought a lot about how to better connect the world's knowledge.

His current project is Abstract Wikipedia, an initiative that aims to let anyone anywhere on the planet contribute to, and benefit from, the world's collective knowledge, in their native language.

It's an ambitious goal, but Denny, inspired by the success of other contributor-driven Wikimedia Foundation projects, is confident that community can make it happen

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Denny Vrandečić: Connecting the World's Knowledge with Abstract Wikipedia - 032

Much of the conversation around AI architectures lately is about neuro-symbolic systems that combine neural-network learning tech like LLMs and symbolic AI like knowledge graphs.

Frank van Harmelen's research has followed this path, but he puts all of his AI research in the larger context of how these technical systems can best support people.

While some in the AI world seek to replace humans with machines, Frank focuses on AI systems that collaborate effectively with people.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/frank-van-harmelen/

Frank van Harmelen: Hybrid Human-Machine Intelligence for the AI Age - 033

Technical documentation of software products is critical work that needs to accurately inform end users, regardless of how quickly and substantially the software might be changing.

Manny Silva has created Docs as Tests, a system that integrates a set of well-developed practices and a collection of engineering tooling, to help technical communicators streamline and constantly improve their software documentation work.

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Manny Silva: Docs as Tests for Resilient Technical Documentation - 213

Mara Inglezakis Owens brings a human-centered focus to her work as an enterprise architect for a major US airline.

Drawing on her background in the humanities and her pragmatic approach to business, she has developed a practice that embodies both "digital anthropology" and product thinking.

The result is a knowledge architecture that works for its users and consistently demonstrates its value to key stakeholders.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/mara-owens/

Mara Inglezakis Owens: A People-Loving Enterprise Architect - 034

Shortly after the semantic web was introduced, the demand for discoverable and shareable data arose in both research and industry.

Tom Plasterer was instrumental in the early conception and creation of the FAIR data principle, the idea that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

From its origins in the semantic web community, scientific research, and the pharmaceutical industry, the FAIR data idea has spread across academia, research, industry, and enterprises of all kinds.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/tom-plasterer/

Tom Plasterer: The Origins of FAIR Data Practices - 035

Emeka Okoye: Exploring the Semantic Web with the Model Context Protocol - 036

Capturing knowledge in the life sciences is a huge undertaking. The scope of the field extends from the atomic level up to planetary-scale ecosystems, and a wide variety of disciplines collaborate on the research.

Chris Mungall and his colleagues at the Berkeley Lab tackle this knowledge-management challenge with well-honed collaborative methods and AI-augmented computational tooling that streamlines the organization of these precious scientific discoveries.

https://knowledgegraphinsights.com/chris-mungall/

Chris Mungall: Collaborative Knowledge Graphs in the Life Sciences - 037

Ontology engineering has its roots in the idea of ontology as defined by classical philosophers.

Casey Hart sees many other connections between professional ontology practice and the academic discipline of philosophy and shows how concepts like epistemology, metaphysics, and rhetoric are relevant to both knowledge graphs and AI technology in general.

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Casey Hart: The Philosophical Foundations of Ontology Practice - 038

Kronda Adair helps mission-driven businesses succeed online. Helping her clients authentically share their expertise as digital content is a key part of this mission.

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Kronda Adair: Stealth Content Strategy - 037

Sabine Ocker helps enterprises organize their content. She uses taxonomies and other content metadata to make sure that customers get the information they need, when they need it.

Sabine's superpower is her ability to talk about her work in a way that resonates with business decision makers. This ensures that she always has the budget and other support that she needs to do this important work.

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Sabine Ocker: Taxonomies, Ontologies, and Content Metadata - 090

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