Profile

Malcolm Sparks

Founder

Malcolm is building GraphCentric around the idea that application data should live in a shared, governed semantic layer rather than inside isolated application silos. His work focuses on RDF, web-native resource design, access-controlled updates, and making enterprise data safely usable by both people and AI agents.

Writing

Articles by Malcolm Sparks

Illustration representing a semantic layer that connects business context for humans and AI agents.

2026-05-12

The Rise of the Semantic Layer: Context is King

AI projects need more than larger models: they need reliable business context. This article explains why context graphs and semantic layers help humans and AI agents access connected, traceable information for better decisions.

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Illustrated diagram titled GraphCentric AI-First Foundation, with an RDF graph at the center and surrounding access-control and web-application concepts.

2026-05-04

Link Relations: Why the Original Web Already Knew About AI Agents

Link relations give machines explicit cues for how to move through a website without relying on brittle, hardcoded APIs. This article explains why the original web model was already agent-friendly and why that matters again in the age of AI agents.

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Illustration representing guardrails between AI agents and production database operations.

2026-04-28

How to Prevent Your AI Agent Deleting Your Production Database

OAuth2 scopes provide a practical way to limit what AI agents can do on behalf of users in production systems. This article shows how a mature web standard can become an enforceable safety boundary before an agent gets anywhere near destructive operations.

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