The Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation (EKGF) was established to define
best practice and mature the marketplace for EKG adoption, including:
Advocacy • Best Practices • Measurement • Community • Resources
In the News
The Business Case for Knowledge Graphs
Jennifer Schecter from The Innovator reports on Mike Atkins' presentation on the preliminary findings of the Knowledge Graph survey. The article breaks down what a knowledge graph is and how it can benefit companies by leveraging their data to manage their supply chains, enhance data discovery, and automate their business processes.
The Knowledge Graph Survey is a joint project between Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation and the Knowledge Graph Conference. Read the article here...
Deadline Extended!
The Knowledge Graph Conference (KGC) and the Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation (EKGF) are conducting a comprehensive global survey to increase awareness about the size, nature, and direction of the knowledge graph industry.
This survey takes about 8-10 minutes to complete. Preliminary results were released at the 4th annual Knowledge Graph Conference (May 2-6, 2022). Final results will be released in June, 2022. Survey participants will receive a copy of the results. Responses will be anonymized and kept strictly confidential.
EXTRA EXTRA! Read the preliminary findings here:
Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation (EKGF) Releases First Draft of Maturity Model
The Maturity Model is the expert-driven definition of practical levels of progression of capabilities required for an enterprise knowledge graph
Events
Weekly
Join our Maturity Model working groups and contribute to the EKG body of knowledge.
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Technology Pillar Workgroup (Mondays at 11:30 a.m. Eastern)
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Organizational Pillar Workgroup (Mondays at 12:30 p.m. Eastern)
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Business Pillar Workgroup (Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. Eastern)
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New time! Data Pillar Workgroup (Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m. Eastern)
Community Voices
Enhancing Customer Experience Through Airbnb's Knowledge Graph
By EKGF member Carlos Tubbox.
Use Cases
In order to make the utility of knowledge graphs for enterprises clearer, it is important to provide some examples of success stories in the adoption of knowledge graphs by businesses.
People using Amazon’s Alexa, ordering food through Uber Eats, or booking a listing on Airbnb are using a knowledge graph even if they are totally unaware of that. Amazon, Airbnb, Uber among other big players have been using knowledge graph technology to disrupt entire sectors and to create new value propositions for their customers. Read on...
Membership
We are a non-profit trade association established as a coordination body
for the knowledge graph community.
Membership in the EKG Foundation is open to all individuals and entities that support the mission of the organization. Membership is enterprise-wide and includes all full-time employees as well as wholly-owned subsidiaries. Learn more about becoming a member...
Organizational Founding Members:
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BRANDING
STRATEGY
Initiatives
Maturity Model
The EKG Foundation is establishing the catalog of best practices for sustainable knowledge graph deployment based on the EKG Maturity Model – a set of criteria for evaluating readiness in EKG environments.
Principles
Our guiding principles are intended to provide guidelines for the development and deployment of an enterprise knowledge graph. The principles emphasize shared meaning and content reuse that are the cornerstone of operating in complex and interconnected environments.
EKG Portal
The EKG Foundation will offer curated access to published ontologies, tools, use cases and other resources needed for sustainable knowledge graph operations.
Making the Case
for EKGF
The Enterprise Knowledge Graph Foundation was established to define
best practice and mature the marketplace for EKG adoption including:
STANDARDS
Adopt semantic standards to solve the challenges of data management
METHOD
Develop best practices for accelerated EKG deployment
ARTIFACTS
A curated repository of reusable models and resources
COMMUNITY
Build the mechanism for engagement and shared knowledge
ADVOCACY
Advance the business cases for EKG adoption
EXECUTIVES
Executives who seek to realize the benefits (and minimize the risks) of semantic standards and EKG by having access to proven methods, best practices and a community of experts.
VENDORS
Vendors who want to make it easier for organizations across information-intensive industry sectors to understand and successfully adopt their products and services.
ARCHITECTS & MODELERS
Architects and modelers who want access to reusable components, deployable models, ontologies, and interfaces that can be assembled and deployed within their environment.
CONSULTANTS
Consultants who are looking for access to EKG-related best practices as well as a community of potential customers and skilled practitioners.
ACADEMICS
Academics who are making a meaningful and recognized contribution that builds upon existing frameworks to address pressing business needs.
Testimonials
"The development of a collaborative environment is one of the principle operational goals of
the EKG Foundation. "
Dennis E. Wisnosky
CO-FOUNDER, EKG FOUNDATION
FORMER CTO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FIBO PROCESS OWNER