What is "Reference Data" - and why does your AI depend on getting it right?
Governed, shared reference data is the stable vocabulary your backbone speaks in. Without it, every system downstream is guessing.
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What is an information backbone? A plain-language definition for operational leaders
Written for organizations that already have systems, already have data, and are still asking why none of it feels reliable.
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Why AI needs a governed information backbone - not just better prompts
In regulated and high-trust environments, AI reliability isn't a model problem. It's a foundation problem.
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Machine-readable information architecture is better for your people too
Why better information architecture improves the experience of the humans in your operation - and why that makes the business case stronger, not weaker.
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What does "machine-readable" really mean for digital product labels?
Why the shift to machine readability is a meaning problem, not a format problem - and what it demands from your organization.
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Graph RAG features for Data Graphs - Data Language Summer 2024 Hack Event
Our summer's hack event is spearheading new RAG Stack features for Data Graphs
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How to recreate the IPTC Sports Demo - Data Graphs at KGC 2024
As demonstrated at KGC 2024, here is a step-by-step guide for setting up the new IPTC Sport Schema in Data Graphs, in minutes, with the API ready immediately.
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10 Top Use Case Patterns for AI Auto-Tagging - How our customers use it
A short summary of the 10 top use cases we see for AI Auto-Tagging with our customers.
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Data Language at the DAM NYC Conference 2023
The Data Language team is demonstrating Content Graphs to metadata and digital asset fanatics at the DAM NYC Conference 2023.
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LLM and Knowledge Graph Hack Event with KCL & Turing Institute
This week, Data Language is joining researchers, practitioners and experts in a Kings College London and Alan Turing Institute hack event focused on LLMs,...
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LLMs, Content Graphs, and The Golden Age for Knowledge Graphs, from KGC2023
Our reflections and insights on the themes from KGC2023, including combining LLMs and Knowledge Graphs, and why we are entering a golden age for knowledge...
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The Data Graphs Domain Modelling Tool - at KGC2023
We showcased our new Domain Modelling Tool today at #kgc2023 in the “Tools Track”. This breakthrough is helping information professionals create and iterate...
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