Ontology Design: System-Centric vs Object-Centric

Best practices for modeling real-world entities and avoiding common architectural anti-patterns. Ontology Design: System-Centric vs Object-Centric turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

Best practices for modeling real-world entities and avoiding common architectural anti-patterns. It focuses on Model reality, not systems, Intentional curation, System Silos, The God Object, Department Silos from the “Ontology Design and Best Practices” section.

You can drag elements directly on the canvas; the “Transform to Ontology”, “Kinetic Action: Repair Aircraft” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

This course provides a comprehensive guide to building and managing the Palantir Ontology, the operational layer that transforms raw data into a digital twin of an organization. Students will explore the foundational se… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Ontology Design and Best Practices” section. Open the full Ontology building course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/ontology-building-bcb15b12-7aa8-4074-91e9-14ba6afcc0ae for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Model reality, not systems, Intentional curation, System Silos, The God Object, Department Silos — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on Ontology building alone.