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Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) in the Semantic Web: a multi-dimensional review
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Abstract Since the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) specification and its SKOS eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL) became formal W3C recommendations in 2009, a significant number of conventional Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) (including thesauri, classification schemes, name authorities, and list... view more
Since the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) specification and its SKOS eXtension for Labels (SKOS-XL) became formal W3C recommendations in 2009, a significant number of conventional Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) (including thesauri, classification schemes, name authorities, and lists of codes and terms, produced before the arrival of the ontology-wave) have made their journeys to join the Semantic Web mainstream. This paper uses "LOD KOS" as an umbrella term to refer to all of the value vocabularies and lightweight ontologies within the Semantic Web framework. The paper provides an overview of what the LOD KOS movement has brought to various communities and users. These are not limited to the colonies of the value vocabulary constructors and providers, nor the catalogers and indexers who have a long history of applying the vocabularies to their products. The LOD dataset producers and LOD service providers, the information architects and interface designers, and researchers in sciences and humanities, are also direct beneficiaries of LOD KOS. The paper examines a set of the collected cases (experimental or in real applications) and aims to find the usages of LOD KOS in order to share the practices and ideas among communities and users. Through the viewpoints of a number of different user groups, the functions of LOD KOS are examined from multiple dimensions. This paper focuses on the LOD dataset producers, vocabulary producers, and researchers (as end-users of KOS).... view less
Keywords
data documentation; information and documentation; knowledge management; information science; information management
Classification
Information Management, Information Processes, Information Economics
Information and Documentation, Libraries, Archives
Free Keywords
Linked Open Data; Knowledge Organization Systems; LOD KOS functions; Personas
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 209-230
Journal
International Journal on Digital Libraries, 20 (2019) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-018-0241-2
ISSN
1432-1300
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications