Data Architect Ontology (Ontologist and Taxonomist)

Design, develop, and maintain taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies aligned with business and analytical needs. Define and maintain enterprise standards for semantic artefact modeling, naming conventions, identifiers, and versioning, ensuring compliance with SKOS, OWL, RDF, and SHACL. Establish operating procedures for the lifecycle management of semantic artefacts, including intake, design, validation, publication, and retirement. Promote best practices for taxonomy and ontology development across the organization by creating reusable patterns, templates, and design guidelines. Support the configuration and usage of taxonomy and ontology management tools to ensure interoperability with metadata management platforms and knowledge graphs.