Taxonomies and ontologies explained
This webinar (featuring Andreas Blumauer, CEO of Semantic Web Company and Ian Piper of Tellura) explores both taxonomies and ontologies, and demonstrates how they work together to help you improve your…
Read moreTellura Semantics
We are a Semantic Web technology business, helping organisations to build better knowledge environments through structured information. We work with clients and partners around the world, across banking, legal services, education, publishing, life sciences industries, and the public sector.
The one thing our clients have in common is a vision to transform their business through better management of knowledge.
If new ideas like the Semantic Web, taxonomies, ontologies and knowledge graphs are emerging in your organisation, or if you'd like them to, then we can help you.
Take a look at our articles, then get in touch with us. We're proud of what we can do to help our clients to succeed, and we'd love to have the opportunity to help you.
Why things work better than strings
Human beings are natural organisers; we spend our entire lives classifying things, grouping and ordering things and comparing and contrasting things with other things. It's…
Read moreA complete worked application
This technical note will show how to create a complete, usable web application using the PoolParty API. This example shows how to extend the functionality…
Read moreWe need to talk about tagging
We need to talk about tagging; specifically, assistive tagging; what it is, how you do it and why it works better than either manual tagging or…
Read moreGetting started with the PoolParty API
This technical note is here to get you started on making your own semantic software using the PoolParty API. PoolParty is a software system for creating…
Read moreCustom searches in PoolParty
This short technical note shows a couple of less well-known PoolParty features that should help you with finding information in your taxonomies. If you are looking…
Read moreGovernance matters - here's why
Back in the early 2000s I worked on a programme of taxonomy development for a UK government department. My job was to help design and build a…
Read moreBuilding a content graph
Organisations that work with content-rich information systems often have to contend with two major problems: The first problem is usually addressed, with varying levels of success,…
Read moreClassification without integration
If you are using a taxonomy management system such as PoolParty to create business taxonomies, you may well be doing so in order to help with classifying your…
Read moreUsing SPARQL queries with PoolParty
This is an introduction to using the SPARQL query language to talk to PoolParty. PoolParty stores taxonomy project data in the form of graph databases, with the individual chunks…
Read moreUsing the PoolParty Extractor for assistive tagging
In recent articles I have been describing assistive tagging as a way to blend elements of machine learning with human ingenuity. You may be wondering…
Read moreIntroducing the Content Graph Explorer
In this article I'm introducing our new product; the Content Graph Explorer (CGE). If you haven't yet read the article Building a content graph you might like to take…
Read moreWhen is a concept not a concept? When it's a term
Although in everyday life the words concept and term may be used interchangeably, when it comes to information management concepts and terms are different things. A term is…
Read moreJust enough SKOS
In this article I'll be describing the Simple Knowledge Organisation System (usually abbreviated to SKOS, and that's how I'll be referring to it from now…
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