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1、BUILDING A SEMANTIC LAYER OF YOUR DATA PLATFORMDATA SUMMIT WORKSHOPMAY 2026Joe Hilger,COO and Principal(jhilgerenterprise-)Angie Luong,Senior Technical Analyst(aluongenterprise-)What You Will Learn Today1.The business case for semantic layers 2.Definitions of the semantic layer and its components3.R

2、eal world applications for semantic layers4.How to prototype semantic layer use cases and modelsENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEIntroductionsJoe HilgerCOO and Co-FounderEnterprise KnowledgeAngie LuongSenior Technical AnalystEnterprise KnowledgeENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEWhy Semantic Layers?ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEBy 2030,

3、universal semantic layers will be treated as critical infrastructure,alongside data platforms and cybersecurity.Gartner,2026ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEModern Data Platforms Provide Answers and Context ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEModern Data Platforms Enable Discovery ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEModern Data Platforms Incre

4、ase Access and Trust in Data ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEModern Data Platforms Break Down Silos ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEHow are these experiences enabled?Content(knowledge,data,and information)is managed and accessible Data is connected across repositories,databases,and applicationsContext and meaning is embedd

5、ed with source data,making common understanding of data machine-readableENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGEWhat is a Semantic Layer?“A semantic layer is a standardized framework that organizes and abstracts organizational knowledge and data(structured,unstructured,semi-structured)and serves as a connector for all

6、organizational knowledge assets.”What is required to consider something a Semantic Layer?A Semantic Layer must:Enable more than one downstream application;Include more than one source system;andEngage business stakeholders context and vocabulary.MetadataTaxonomyBusiness GlossaryOntologyGraphMUSTSHOU