METAPHACTS ACADEMY
Unlock your talent for Knowledge Graphs
We offer a variety of courses & certification paths to help you advance your Knowledge Graph project.
Learning paths
The metaphacts Academy currently offers three main learning tracks to support you in advancing your Knowledge Graph project:
» Track 1. Building Knowledge Graph Applications
» Track 2. Building Models for Domain Experts
» Track 3. Getting Ready for Production
Track 1 consists of a series of modules that build on top of each other to further develop your skills. Further modules will be added in the future for Tracks 2 and 3.
Additionally, we offer a set of foundational trainings that provide an introduction to the Semantic Technology Stack in case you need to familiarize yourself with Knowledge Graph concepts and standards.
Certifications
To validate your skills, we offer three certification levels for Track 1 and Track 2:
» Associate Level: Knowledge Graph Application Engineer (Associate) and Knowledge Graph Engineer (Associate)
» Advanced Level: Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Advanced)
» Expert Level: Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Expert)
The certifications are optional and free-of-charge upon the successful completion of the corresponding training module.
There are no certifications available for the metaphactory Basics module, for the modules in Track 3 or for the foundational trainings.
Training Modules
metaphactory Basics
This training module covers the basics of Knowledge Graph technologies and introduces you to Knowledge Graph search, exploration and navigation using metaphactory.
- Knowledge Graph Foundations
- Out-of-the-box metaphactory features
- Knowledge Graph Search, Exploration & Navigation
App-building Basics
This training module covers platform customization topics and provides an overview of the most important elements for building Knowledge Graph applications for data visualization and discovery.
- Templates & Customization
- Visualization components
- Events
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Application Engineer (Associate)
App-building Advanced
This training module covers advanced features for creating and managing templates, as well as interactions involving multiple components.
- App packing and lifecycle
- Intro to data authoring, search framework, federation, security & permissions, extensions
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Application Engineer (Advanced)
Search
This training module provides a deep-dive into configuring search interfaces and search results.
- Search framework
- Keyword search & Structured search
- Facet filtering
- Lookup Service
- Result visualization
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Expert)
Data authoring
This training module focuses on creating forms for data authoring and editing, and provides an overview of how forms are used in data curation workflows.
- Forms & auto-generated forms
- Outlook for visual editing
- Workflows
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Expert)
Federation
This training module focuses on the setup and querying of external data sources to augment the knowledge graph beyond the main graph database.
- Ephedra & FedX
- Rest API
- SQL
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Expert)
Platform extensions
This training module covers the development of custom extension for custom UI or backend requirements.
- App packing and deployment
- Frontend extensions as custom components in JS
- Backend extensions in Java
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Solution Architect (Expert)
Visual modeling - ontology & vocabulary
- Vocabulary & Taxonomy
- Ontology
- Versioning
Certification level:
Knowledge Graph Engineer (Associate)
DevOps
This training module covers the deployment and configuration of metaphactory for production setups.
- Docker deployment
- Prod-QA-DEV setup, Git storage
- Connecting to graph databases
- Single-Sign-On
Custom training
Foundational Trainings
Knowledge Graph Concepts & Standards
RDF & SPARQL
- RDF triples, Named Graphs
- SPARQL query forms
- Outlook RDF-star, SPARQL-star
OWL & SHACL
This training module covers ontology modelling with OWL and the creation of SHACL constraints using metaphactory.
- Classes, Properties
- OWL in RDF syntax
- SHACL node shapes
Training Logistics
Two-hour training modules split into two 45-minute sections
Trainer-led sessions with lots of examples and guidance
Interactive learning experience with hands-on exercises
Training instances prepared, hosted and maintained by metaphacts
Slides and exercise material provided for personal use and recap after training
