Heather Hedden teaches in-person taxonomy workshops at conferences once or twice per year. Following is a description of the next conference workshop.
Taxonomy Design Best Practice for Knowledge Graphs
Organizer: Connected Data London
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Location: Convent, 133 Houndsditch, London, UK
Ontologies form the semantic framework for linking data within knowledge graphs, but users often start their queries with subjects, which they may describe inconsistently. This is where a taxonomy is useful: bringing together synonyms and other variant names and arranging concepts in user-friendly browsable hierarchies or facets. A taxonomy, whether considered part of an ontology or connected to an ontology, is thus an important part of a knowledge graph. Furthermore, taxonomy concepts are designed and implemented to be tagged to content, thus extending the scope of a knowledge graph to include not just data but also varied relevant content (documents, media, etc.)
While taxonomies are easier to design and create than ontologies, too often they are created without any skill or training. In other cases, taxonomies originally designed for a different purpose are inappropriately reused. Poorly designed or inappropriate taxonomies yield poor results.
This tutorial will cover the basics and best practices in taxonomy design, including standards, sources for topical concepts, wording of labels, alternative labels, hierarchical and associative relationships, and governance. How taxonomists connect to ontologies will also be discussed.
Outline:
- Introduction to taxonomies and other types of controlled vocabularies
- Standards and models for taxonomies
- Sources for taxonomy concepts
- Wording of concept labels and alternative labels
- Taxonomy hierarchical and associative relationships
- AI and LLMs in taxonomy development
- Taxonomy and ontology comparisons and connections
- Tools for managing combined taxonomies-ontologies
In this workshop attendees will:
- Recognize where and when taxonomies are needed.
- Know what resources to use in developing or editing a taxonomy.
- Know the basics of creating good taxonomies or modifying existing taxonomies to enhance their knowledge graphs.
Description on the conference website
Registration and costs
Register here for options of:
£600 for the full day of 4 masterclasses
£300 for the full day of 4 masterclasses remote online
£1,800 for the full 3-day conference
£600 for the full 3-day conference remote online
If space is available, the option to register for this, as a single masterclass at £150, will be made available closer to the conference date.
(Prices above include tax.)