Veronika Heimsbakk: Connecting Data Engineering and Knowledge Architecture – Episode 48

Veronika Heimsbakk

With interest in knowledge graphs growing by the day, Veronika Heimsbakk is busier than ever with her efforts to connect the data engineering, information architecture, and ontology practices that drive modern knowledge engineering.

Best known as an advanced knowledge graph practitioner and a leading expert on the SHACL standard, Veronika also regularly shares her knowledge through her writing, university courses, and professional workshops.

We talked about:

her work at Data Treehouse, creating tooling for data people to get on board the knowledge graph journey

how she helps data engineers find their overlap with knowledge engineering

her work to build bridges between data engineers, information architects, and ontologists

how she meets data engineers on their own turf by using simple Python scripts to put their data frames into a knowledge graph

how public sector compliance requirements drive demand for RDF solutions

the powerful tool that helps her communicate with a variety of stakeholders and collaborators: coloring pencils

how she works with information architects and enterprise architects

her take on graph visualizations, that they're rarely very useful in helping her communicate with engineers and business people