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Controlled vocabularies

Foundations for Semantic Integrity

THIS is context engineering 💡

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Metadata as a Data Model Part II, Semantic Theater is now published!

Join me on my Substack

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My ✨new✨ Substack article: Metadata as a Data Model.

The foundation of this piece is a reflection on how library science informs metadata systems in contrast to how enterprises manage metadata.

A hint: in library science, metadata systems are data models 😉

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@jtalisman.bsky.social has been busy this year - and will have much new goodness to share at Data Day Texas 2026
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Why AI Isn’t Autonomous (Yet):

What Agentic AI Needs

Spoiler 🚩🚩🚩 it has to do with #knowledge

#ai #IA #taxonomy #ontology #graphs

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New article: this is Part I of a three part series.

Why AI Isn’t Autonomous (Yet)

Part I: open.substack.com/pub/jessicat...

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Re-publishing my piece on the Ontology Pipeline. I welcome feedback!

And sharing is always appreciated 😊

#semantics #ia #ai #ontology #taxonomy #knowledgegraph

I’ve written a piece about knowledge infrastructure and why you need it.

From Metadata to Meaning: The Knowledge Infrastructure

Enjoy!

#ai #Ia #taxonomy #ontology #knowledge

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Google and Amazon AI Say Hitler’s Mein Kampf Is ‘a True Work of Art’
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #AI #Nazi

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