Ontology:SKOS
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|Description=SKOS is an area of work developing specifications and standards to support the use of knowledge organization systems (KOS) such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading systems and taxonomies within the framework of the Semantic Web. | |Description=SKOS is an area of work developing specifications and standards to support the use of knowledge organization systems (KOS) such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading systems and taxonomies within the framework of the Semantic Web. | ||
|SubmittedBy=MichaelUschold | |SubmittedBy=MichaelUschold | ||
| - | |OntologyPurpose=To provide a lightweight high level linking across multiple concepts. | + | |OntologyPurpose=To provide a lightweight high level linking across multiple concepts. Use cases include: |
| + | # An integrated view to medieval illuminated manuscripts, | ||
| + | # Bio-zen ontology framework for representing scientific discourse in life science, | ||
| + | #Semantic search service across mapped multilingual thesauri in the agriculture domainSemantic search service across mapped multilingual thesauri in the agriculture domain | ||
|OWLImplementation=http://www.skos.com | |OWLImplementation=http://www.skos.com | ||
|Justification=SKOS seems to strike a good balance between very weak notions used in library science and the stronger extensional notons embodied in OWL and RDF set-based class theories. SKOS has been used successfully in several other high-level ontology efforts, notably UMBEL. Although shallow and formally weak, the SKOS concept suite is well designed, and the use of OWL notions such as transitive subproperties is well thought out and elegant. | |Justification=SKOS seems to strike a good balance between very weak notions used in library science and the stronger extensional notons embodied in OWL and RDF set-based class theories. SKOS has been used successfully in several other high-level ontology efforts, notably UMBEL. Although shallow and formally weak, the SKOS concept suite is well designed, and the use of OWL notions such as transitive subproperties is well thought out and elegant. | ||
|RecommendedBy=Pat Hayes | |RecommendedBy=Pat Hayes | ||
| - | | | + | |Domain=Vocabulary |
| - | | | + | |KnownIssues=Semantics of some existing URIs changed in the new version, be careful. |
| - | |OntologyLicensing= | + | |OntologyLicensing=stub |
|WebReference=http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/, | |WebReference=http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/, | ||
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| Name: | SKOS |
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| Description: | SKOS is an area of work developing specifications and standards to support the use of knowledge organization systems (KOS) such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading systems and taxonomies within the framework of the Semantic Web. |
| Purpose: | To provide a lightweight high level linking across multiple concepts. Use cases include:
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| Justification | SKOS seems to strike a good balance between very weak notions used in library science and the stronger extensional notons embodied in OWL and RDF set-based class theories. SKOS has been used successfully in several other high-level ontology efforts, notably UMBEL. Although shallow and formally weak, the SKOS concept suite is well designed, and the use of OWL notions such as transitive subproperties is well thought out and elegant. |
| Recommended by: | Pat Hayes |
| Submitted by: | MichaelUschold |
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| Known issues: | Semantics of some existing URIs changed in the new version, be careful. |
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| Licensing: | stub |
| Web references: | http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/ |
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