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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
The Simplified Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a Semantic Web framework, based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) for thesauri, classification schemes and simple ontologies. It allows for machine-actionable description of the structure of these knowledge organization systems (KOS) and provides an excellent tool for addressing interoperability and vocabulary control problems inherent to the rapidly expanding information environment of the Web. This paper discusses the foundations of the SKOS framework and reviews the literature on a variety of SKOS implementations. The limitations of SKOS that have been revealed through its broad application are addressed with brief attention to the proposed extensions to the framework intended to account for them.
Recommended Citation
Robinson, E. (2010). SKOS and the Semantic Web: Knowledge organization, metadata, and interoperability. (Working paper). San Jose, California. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr.OJZH9684
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