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Concept Taxonomy for Graph Data Modeling

This taxonomy organizes the 259 concepts into 12 categories for visualization and navigation.

Taxonomy Categories

Category Name TaxonomyID Description
Foundation Concepts FOUND Core graph concepts including nodes, edges, properties, paths, and fundamental data structures
Knowledge Representation KNOWL Knowledge graphs, semantic structures, SKOS, ontologies, and concept modeling
Customer Domain CUST Customer modeling including individuals, organizations, households, and relationships
Product Domain PROD Product modeling including taxonomies, groupings, similarity, and metadata
Spatial Modeling SPACE Geographic and location-based modeling including addresses, regions, and geospatial calculations
Temporal Modeling TIME Time-based modeling including datetime, time trees, calendars, and bitemporal concepts
Language and NLP LANG Natural language processing, document modeling, and linguistic structures
Healthcare Domain HEALTH Healthcare-specific modeling including patients, clinical data, FHIR, and care pathways
Security and Rules SECUR Security modeling, threat detection, business rules, and access control
Process and Events PROC Business processes, events, workflows, and process mining
Advanced Analytics ADV Entity resolution, causality, lineage, digital twins, and advanced graph analysis
Future and AI AIML Brain modeling, AI integration, world models, and future directions

Category Descriptions

FOUND - Foundation Concepts

Core graph database concepts that form the basis for all other learning. Includes nodes, edges, properties, paths, dependencies, and quality metrics. These are prerequisites for most other concepts in the course.

KNOWL - Knowledge Representation

Concepts related to representing knowledge in graphs. Includes knowledge graphs, SKOS standard, taxonomies, ontologies, business glossaries, and semantic structures. Essential for understanding how to model meaning and relationships.

CUST - Customer Domain

Domain-specific concepts for modeling customers and their relationships. Includes individual and corporate customers, households, family relationships, and licensing models. Common starting point for enterprise graph applications.

PROD - Product Domain

Product-related modeling concepts. Includes product lists, groupings, taxonomies, similarity measures, embeddings, and metadata. Often paired with customer modeling for recommendation systems.

SPACE - Spatial Modeling

Geographic and location-based concepts. Includes longitude/latitude, distance calculations, addresses, regions, road networks, and shortest path algorithms. Critical for logistics and location-aware applications.

TIME - Temporal Modeling

Time-related modeling concepts. Includes datetime structures, time trees, hierarchies, financial time, calendars, and exceptions. Foundation for temporal queries and time-series analysis.

LANG - Language and NLP

Natural language processing and document modeling concepts. Includes word modeling, NLP basics, entity extraction, document pipelines, synonyms, and WordNet. Essential for text-based knowledge extraction.

HEALTH - Healthcare Domain

Healthcare-specific modeling concepts. Includes patient modeling, clinical data, claims, providers, FHIR standards, care paths, and clinical decision support. Specialized domain with regulatory requirements.

SECUR - Security and Rules

Security modeling and business rules concepts. Includes threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, RBAC, rule engines, validation rules, and decision trees. Critical for enterprise governance.

PROC - Process and Events

Business process and event modeling concepts. Includes event modeling, event mining, workflows, event logs, and dashboards. Important for operational analytics and process optimization.

ADV - Advanced Analytics

Advanced graph analytics concepts. Includes entity resolution, digital twins, scene graphs, causality, lineage, metadata governance, and supply chain modeling. Builds on foundational concepts.

AIML - Future and AI

AI integration and future directions. Includes brain architecture, 1000 Brains Theory, reference frames, world models, and AI-graph integration. Cutting-edge topics for forward-looking applications.


Concept-to-Taxonomy Mapping Summary

TaxonomyID Concept Range Count
FOUND 1-31 31
CUST 32-42 11
PROD 43-50 8
SPACE 51-66 16
TIME 67-75, 228-230 12
KNOWL 76-91 16
LANG 92-103 12
HEALTH 104-129 26
ADV 130-149, 204-227 44
SECUR 150-190 41
PROC 191-203 13
AIML 231-259 29

Total: 259 concepts across 12 categories