Writing With Knowledge Graphs In Mind at Taxonomy BootCamp London 2026 | Noo Trip Report

Taxonomy BootCamp London 2026 was a blast. And I am impatient to share, so this will be a photo essay garnished with noo bridges 🙂 till I get to writing a blog post.

First, and foremost, my slides for your interconnected pleasure, I hope: https://bit.ly/contentlovesknowledgegraphs

Next comes the metaphor 🙂 to hold space for all the impressions and memories of the wonderful people I had the chance to hear speaking and also to meet over a drink or a deep talk.

Bridges

Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant 1736 Leonhard Euler laid the foundations of graph theory by looking at the city of Königsberg and working to find a walking path through the city of Königsberg that crossed each of its storied seven bridges exactly once. (read https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-seven-bridges-of-koenigsberg-spawned-new-math/)

Inevitably, I thought about that when looking back at my experience of Taxonomy Bootcamp 2026 London.

The bridges were everywhere, literally and conceptually! From the very beginning at the reception drinks, and the authors of chapters. In the book Taxonomies edited by Helen Lippell – Programme Chair and Host of Taxonomy Bootcamp London

All the way to Broadway and Linked data (ref. Jo Kent ’s talk about GraphRAG Geo data and us linking data 🙂

Bridging AI and Knowledge Management

Ben Clinch started strong with putting on the table the prevailing narratives about AI, together with the 10 Cs AI can’t fake. And among all the cool things shared, a video with the harsh truth of the answer of ChatGPT when asked: “ Do I walk or drive to the Carwash?” Very important: Ben also mentioned Solid and our digital sovereignty, which I LOVED!

Have You Read Jane Austin Data?

Rahel Anne Bailie ‘s talk was on the other day, but I can’t wait to ask you what she asked us when speaking about the editorial, semantic and architectural techniques when it comes to AI content. So the question is have you read Jane Austin’s data 🙂

And have you stared at your taxonomy till blood comes out of your forehead?

Dave McComb stepped in strong and open with a sentence about how many bad ontologies have been created out of the best taxonomies. And then he presented the concept of ontologies with cool props. And also introduced a parallel with a quote “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”. The parallel was about staring at the taxnomies till we see the interconnectedness beyond the indent.

And I was in one session with him, doing my talk before he shared his thoughts and experience. Of course, I was nervous and enchanted 🙂 Dave and his company have been working with a number of organizations to build knowledge graphs.

Let’s become Information Plumbers!

Ben Clinch shared a video with Geoffrey Hinton saying that one should become a plumber. And guess what – I didn’t read that negative. I said to mylsef – that is so exactly right 🙂 Just like Sir Tim Berners-Lee saw the need for information plumbing. Here’s a link for you: https://www.w3.org/community/webhistory/2018/01/07/links-fractals-and-information-plumbing/ with a call to action: Think information plumbing, not content 🙂

The Case for Sales Enablement and Knowledge Graphs

Speaking of knowledge graphs, and I am biased 🙂 Helmut Nagy presented two talks, one of which was about our own @graphwise Knowledge Hub and the case for Sales Enablement and knowledge management in general.

Ontologies, YAY!

And I am not only biased when it comes to knowledge graphs, I am also thrilled to see them entering the narrative of knowledge and data management done right. Noz Urbina made the case for designing scalable semantic systems for humans and AI in a wonderful keynote the second day, again featuring the O-word 🙂 YAY!

We need More Linked Data <3 and Less Trees.

\And the last talk I will mention is Bob Kasenchak ‘s: Demistifying the semantic layer! Which I confess I was given 1 on 1 🙂 in a Pub , which was cool, because for some mysterious reason i missed the real Bob’s talk. Demystifying the Semantic layer. Long story short, we need Linked Data <3 and also fewer trees.

Okay, I have to stop. And I don’t want to just drop names here, because I want to write a blog post and add a sentence about each encounter I had – with legal documents, with AI taxonomies at Indeed, with the case for a . Even about the super treat me, and Helmut had an unacceptable number of 🙂

And of course with a partner in crime – Duncan Stephen who asked me the million dollar question – how do we get writers to think about interconnectedness when creating content <3

Here’s to more content crimes, writings with knowledge graphs, and Taxonomy Bootcamps in London.

#TBCL #content #knowledgegraphs #linkeddata