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Enterprise ontologists as keepers of semantic precision
Many organizations empower enterprise ontologists to become the keeper of semantic precision. Ontologists can become the core team that helps an organization:
Enforce consistent semantics for shared business rules Create a shared process for defining data element approval Create shared meaning of conformed dimensions in a data warehouse Create consistent product taxonomies Create consistent integration maps that map database systems to web services Create consistent leaf-level data elements that move between any two computer systems
This precision and consistency of ontologies allows organizations to save time and money building complex systems. Tools to find trusted data elements quickly allow these organizations to be agile. Together ontologists and semantic web technologies can play a leading role in large- scale enterprise costs savings.