Data ingest refers to any process of loading existing data into VIVO other than by direct interaction with VIVO's content editing interfaces. Typically this involves downloading or exporting data of interest from an online database or a local system of record.
The guide gives instructions on how to ingest the data, construct the data to the ontology!, and load the data into an RDF format. Upon completion linked data in VIVO will include people to positions and the positions to organizations.