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To take one example from the above, there is enormous potential in using industrial knowledge graphs to enhance AI models by combining different datasets. "Knowledge graphs add context to the data you're analyzing," explains Norbert Gaus, Head of R&D in Digitalization and Automation at Siemens. "For example, machine data can be analyzed in the context of design data, including the tasks the machine is made for, the temperatures it should operate at, the key thresholds built into the parts, and so forth. To this we could add the service history of similar machines, including faults, recalls and expected inspection outcomes throughout the machine's operational life. Knowledge graphs make it much easier to augment the machine data we use to train AI models, adding valuable contextual information."