According to Tatiana Baquero Cakici and Sara Mae O'Brien-Scott at their [[IAC24]] talk [[2024-04-11 09 IA Fast Track to Search-Focused AI Solutions|IA Fast Track to Search-Focused AI Solutions]], the value of metadata (or the semantic layer) is: - Enterprise standardization - Interoperability - Reusability - Explainability - Scalability --- **Relates to**: [[semantic web]], [[Concepts/metadata|metadata]], [[2024-04-11 09 IA Fast Track to Search-Focused AI Solutions]]