Create
Define enterprise objects, hierarchies and relationships manually, or use sample datasets and mapping rules to create a draft for refinement.
ContextFabric / Ontology
Application in development
Your business.
In its own language.
Create a reusable semantic model of your organization, with enterprise objects, meaningful relationships and room to evolve.
THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE MODEL
Make meaning
the common
ground.
Reusable. Extensible. Connected.
A model of how things relate
Objects become useful
through their connections.
Explore a simple enterprise model. Select an object to see the business meaning behind it.
ILLUSTRATIVE ENTERPRISE MODEL
The object, in context
Warehouse
A cohesive view of a warehouse, combining its location, physical layout and transactional functions with the data that describes them.
Designed to grow with you
Start with a model.
Build on its meaning.
Ontology focuses on creating and managing semantic structure, the foundation of ContextFabric’s Virtual Enterprise Model.
Model your organization
Abstract
Describe underlying fields beyond their technical definitions. Let different users understand the same data from different business perspectives.
Extend
Grow your ontology in depth and breadth. Add synonyms, new relationships and higher or lower levels of hierarchy while preserving existing meaning.
Reuse
Copy, version or move a complete ontology or a defined scope, such as a department, process or group of related objects.
Connect
Link objects to upstream and downstream data sources at different levels. Keep the model connected to the systems that generate and consume its data.
A clear role in the fabric.
Ontology manages the semantic model. Data mapping, conflict handling and resolution are separate components, with FerryMap contributing to the mapping layer.
Meet FerryMapBuild from your business
What does your
enterprise look like?
Let’s explore the objects, relationships and meaning behind your data.