Ren Pope on Ontologies

<p>My guest today is Ren Pope. Ren is a Principal at <a href= "https://info-do.com">Info-Do</a>, which offers data, information, and knowledge architecture consulting. He’s worked in these domains for the last 25 years or so, and has also taught colleagues how to do these things through workshops and presentations. In this episode, we focus on why organizations need to know about and develop ontologies.</p> <h2>Listen to the full conversation</h2> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://info-do.com">Info-Do</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlpope3/">Ren Pope on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/renpope1">Ren Pope on SlideShare</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cigna.com">Cigna</a></li> <li><a href="http://theiaconference.com">The Information Architecture Conference</a> (previously The Information Architecture Summit)</li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaduverneay/">Jessica DuVerneay on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology">Ontology</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_(general)">Taxonomy</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy">Hyponymy and hypernymy</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_diagram">Sentence diagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sorting">Card sorting</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map">Mind map</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thebrain.com">TheBrain</a></li> <li><a href="https://objectoria.com">Objectoria</a></li> </ul> <p><em>Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.</em></p> <h2>Read the full transcript</h2> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> So, Ren, welcome to the show.</p> <p><strong>Ren:</strong> Thank you very much! Glad to be here. Thank you.</p> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> Well, I’m very excited to have you on. For folks who might not know you, can you please tell us about yourself?</p> <p><str