Knowledge graphs in the fight against COVID-19
19, trying to make sense of the data surrounding the virus is a Herculean task. Vast in volume and ceaselessly produced, this data emanates from domains as different as virology and economics and is produced by a multitude of people and organizations. Unsurprisingly the standards to which this data conforms are as multitudinous as its sources. It just so happens that making sense of messy data from disparate sources is one of the things at which knowledge graphs excel. Moreover, knowledge graphs make it possible to derive new knowledge from intelligently connecting information residing in those disparate data repositories. Given that the ability to better analyze data and gain new insights is of obvious use to people trying to respond to the pandemic, those working with knowledge graph technologies have started to talk about how those technologies – and their skills – might