Observed arrival · 2026-10-21
Topos: a meaning layer for data estates
Topos describes a graph-based way to document what data sources mean, what they can answer, and what they cannot—without moving the data.
- For
- Teams assessing data estates for analytics or AI
- Worth noticing
- Its source cards include what a source cannot answer, alongside confidence, authority, and revision evidence.
Field notes
The representation is described as concepts at graph nodes and relationships at edges, including links within a source and across sources; the underlying data is not moved or remodelled. A source card is assembled by reading the source rather than through a user-completed inventory form, and each assertion carries confidence and authority. The worked example links a database column to documentation that defines it as scheduled duration, not actual visit time; the page says this example runs on a demonstration corpus.
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