Simple Knowledge Organization System

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The Simple Knowledge Organization System ( SKOS , loosely translated as "simple system for organizing knowledge") is a formal language based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDF schema (RDFS) for coding documentation languages such as thesauri , classifications or other controlled ones Vocabulary . With SKOS the simple publication and combination of controlled, structured and machine-readable vocabularies for the semantic web should be made possible.

SKOS was published as a recommendation by the W3C on August 18, 2009 .

It contains a compilation of standards and specifications to support knowledge organization systems such as thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, and other types of controlled vocabulary.

See also

literature

  • Alistair Miles, Dan Brickley (Eds.): SKOS Core Guide . W3C, November 2, 2005 ( w3.org - W3C Working Draft 2).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. SKOS Current Status: w3.org