parson at DITA Europe 2026: iiRDS, knowledge graphs, and AI for intelligent content delivery
DITA Europe 2026 takes place in Brussels, Belgium, on 2-3 February 2026. parson will present how semantic metadata, knowledge graphs, and AI work together to enable intelligent content delivery.
In three sessions, Marion Knebel, Mark Schubert, and partner companies will share insights into current developments around DITA, iiRDS, and AI-driven content delivery scenarios.
Hey DITA, Talk to me! How iiRDS Graphs Infer Answers
3 February, 1:00 p.m.
Mark Schubert, parson AG
Annotating DITA content with metadata is time-consuming – but with iiRDS, metadata becomes much more than a publishing filter. Mark Schubert explains how iiRDS packages use graph-based RDF metadata to infer additional knowledge about content.
The session dives into RDF triples, metadata graphs, and SPARQL queries, showing how graphs can answer complex questions and enable smarter information retrieval across multiple use cases.
Better Information Retrieval in Bringing DITA, SKOS, iiRDS Together
3 February, 2:00 p.m.
Harald Stadlbauer (NINEFEB), Eliot Kimber (ServiceNow), Mark Schubert (parson AG)
This session explores how closer integration between DITA and iiRDS – based on subject schemes – enables better interoperability and more powerful information retrieval. Topics include adding iiRDS IRIs to DITA markup, representing iiRDS metadata using standard DITA and Markdown, and improving documentation clarity.
The approach also enables seamless integration of SKOS, supporting consistent semantic handover. In addition, the speakers share updates on iiRDS 1.3, including a new package format with stronger links between information units and product structures, as well as JSON-LD serialization.
DITA, iiRDS, and AI Team up for Smart Content Delivery
3 February, 3:00 p.m.
Marion Knebel (parson AG), Gaspard Bébié-Valérian (Fluid Topics)
For product knowledge to truly support search, filtering, context awareness, permissions, and AI-driven scenarios (such as RAG-based chatbots), high-quality semantic metadata is ssential.
Marion Knebel and Gaspard Bébié-Valérian show how iiRDS enhances content delivery platforms by transporting structured content and semantic metadata from DITA – enabling powerful search, filtering, and AI-driven user experiences.