SKOS, id.loc.gov and the World of Linked Data

Ed SummersRebecca GuentherLibrary of Congress

World Wide Web UF: WWW (World Wide Web) BT: Hypertext SystemsNT: Semantic Web

http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos#

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#

Notations

Mapping Relations

skos:closeMatchskos:exactMatchskos:broadMatchskos:narrowMatchskos:relatedMatch

Are now available in SKOS namespace, when previously they were only available in a separate experimental namespace at: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/mapping

Semantic Relations

Semantic relations are no longer transitive, but they extend properties that are transitive:

skos:broader extends skos:broaderTransitiveskos:narrower extends skos:narrowerTransitive

Owlification of Classes

These classes are now of type owl:Class instead of rdf:Class

skos:Conceptskos:ConceptScheme skos:Collection skos:OrderedCollection

Owlification of Labels

Labels are now of type owl:AnnotationProperty and rdf:Property:

skos:prefLabelskos:altLabelskos:hiddenLabel

Owlification of Notes

Notes are now of type owl:AnnotationProperty and rdf:Property

skos:noteskos:changeNoteskos:definitionskos:exampleskos:historyNoteskos:scopeNoteskos:editorialNote

http://lcsh.info/sh95000541#concept

http://lcsh.info/sh95000541#concept

http://lcsh.info/sh95000541#concept

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh95000541#concept

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh95000541#concept

Future Work

Coordination vocabularyCoordination rules Integration with Search Mapping techniques and integration tools

by Chris Bizer