Introducing Jargon — A collaborative platform for data modelling and vocabulary development

Hello! If you’re into data modelling or vocabulary development, let me introduce you to Jargon. It’s a semantic modelling platform, that focusses on sharing and model re-use, making it easier to create interoperable data.

We started Jargon with the vision of creating a data revolution, where data models are available for consumers to find and reuse. We’ve always loved the way that GitHub and NPM have created platforms for the developer community to get together and build off each other’s work.

With Jargon, we’re trying to do the same for data.

With all the same great sharing, re-use, versioning and community features that you’ve come to expect from your online platforms, Jargon is our vision for how the open-source philosophy can work for data modelling.

Here’s a highlight of some of Jargon’s best features so far:

• Create and publish unlimited public Data models, for free
• Import and reuse Classes, Members, and Code Tables from any model on the platform
• Semantically versioned release management, so you can trust and rely on the models you import
• Automatic classification of Classes following Domain Driven Design principles
• Create state lifecycle diagrams for your Classes

If any of this sounds interesting to you, I encourage you to head over to https://jargon.sh and take a look.

I will be publishing a series of how-to and introductory articles that will explain step-by-step how to use Jargon, so stay tuned.