diff --git a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/asset_graph_view/asset_graph_view.py b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/asset_graph_view/asset_graph_view.py
index 58371eee203d4..f5455a5a59ca2 100644
--- a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/asset_graph_view/asset_graph_view.py
+++ b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/asset_graph_view/asset_graph_view.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, AbstractSet, Mapping, NamedTuple, NewType, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, AbstractSet, Iterable, Mapping, NamedTuple, NewType, Optional
 
 from dagster import _check as check
 from dagster._core.definitions.asset_subset import AssetSubset, ValidAssetSubset
@@ -43,12 +43,52 @@ class _AssetSliceCompatibleSubset(ValidAssetSubset): ...
 
 
 PartitionKey = NewType("PartitionKey", str)
+"""
+PartitionKey is a string that represents a partition key. It is a new type so
+that we can track the use of strs as partition keys.
+
+PartitionKey should only be created via the static factory methods on AssetPartitionKey.
+We want to consolidate all partition key creation so we have a leverage point to change
+how they. Eventually we want to create a new singleton string partition to represent
+the "all" partition key for unpartitioned assets.
+"""
 
 
 class AssetPartitionKey(NamedTuple):
+    """Represents a a partition in a particular asset. Prefer usage to AssetKeyPartitionKey.
+    If you need to convert AssetKeyPartitionKeys to AssetPartitionKeys, use the static
+    factory methods.
+    """
+
     asset_key: AssetKey
     partition_key: Optional[PartitionKey]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def partition_keys_from_asset_key_partition_keys(
+        asset_key_partition_keys: Iterable[AssetKeyPartitionKey],
+    ) -> AbstractSet["PartitionKey"]:
+        return {
+            PartitionKey(check.not_none(akpk.partition_key, "No None partition keys"))
+            for akpk in asset_key_partition_keys
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_str_partition_keys(
+        asset_key: AssetKey, partition_keys: Iterable[str]
+    ) -> AbstractSet["AssetPartitionKey"]:
+        return {AssetPartitionKey(asset_key, PartitionKey(pk)) for pk in partition_keys}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_asset_key_partition_keys(
+        asset_key_partition_keys: Iterable[AssetKeyPartitionKey],
+    ) -> AbstractSet["AssetPartitionKey"]:
+        return {
+            AssetPartitionKey(
+                akpk.asset_key, PartitionKey(akpk.partition_key) if akpk.partition_key else None
+            )
+            for akpk in asset_key_partition_keys
+        }
+
 
 def _slice_from_subset(asset_graph_view: "AssetGraphView", subset: AssetSubset) -> "AssetSlice":
     valid_subset = subset.as_valid(
@@ -100,10 +140,9 @@ def convert_to_valid_asset_subset(self) -> ValidAssetSubset:
         return self._compatible_subset
 
     def compute_partition_keys(self) -> AbstractSet[PartitionKey]:
-        return {
-            PartitionKey(check.not_none(ap.partition_key, "Must have named partitions"))
-            for ap in self._compatible_subset.asset_partitions
-        }
+        return AssetPartitionKey.partition_keys_from_asset_key_partition_keys(
+            self._compatible_subset.asset_partitions
+        )
 
     @property
     def asset_key(self) -> AssetKey: