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knowledge graph

/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ ɡræf/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A graph of how every entity relates to every other, built atop a 'customer' table no two systems define the same way.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A graph-structured model of entities and their relationships, typically grounded in an ontology, that links facts across a domain for query and inference.

Filed

See also

entity resolutionDeciding whether these four customers are one customer, a question the org would rather bill four times than answer once.
ontologyThe most rigorous way to model a business while declining to define a single word the business uses today.
semantic modelThe layer where the business finally agrees what 'revenue' means, defined four times to match four dashboards.
taxonomyA tree of categories the steering committee approved in March and routed around by April.