Simple Knowledge Organization System

SKOS
Simple Knowledge Organization System
AbbreviationSKOS
StatusPublished (W3C Recommendation)
Year started1997 (1997)
Latest versionCore, Reference, RDF, Primer
August 2009, 18 (18-08-2009)
OrganizationWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
CommitteeSemantic Web Deployment Working Group
AuthorsAlistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer
Base standardsRDF
Related standardsRDFa, OWL, ISO 25964, Dublin Core
DomainSemantic Web
Websitewww.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/

Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a W3C recommendation designed for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or any other type of structured controlled vocabulary. SKOS is part of the Semantic Web family of standards built upon RDF and RDFS, and its main objective is to enable easy publication and use of such vocabularies as linked data.


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