Re: Request for Implementation Input: SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System

Ceri

Thanks for your input. We are using the SKOS issue tracker to manage  
implementation
experience, and this has been logged in the SKOS Issue tracker as
[ISSUE-211] and [ISSUE-212].

	Sean

On 29 Apr 2009, at 16:45, Binding C (AT) wrote:

> In reply to the recent request for SKOS implementation details here  
> are the details of work done to support the STAR project at  
> University of Glamorgan:
>
> ==VOCABULARY IMPLEMENTATIONS==
> Existing English Heritage thesauri converted to SKOS:
> 1. English Heritage monument types thesaurus (3987 concepts)
> 2. English Heritage evidence thesaurus (41 concepts)
> 3. MDA Object types thesaurus (1742 concepts)
> 4. English Heritage main building materials thesaurus (225 concepts)
> 5. English Heritage timelines thesaurus (456 concepts)
> 6. English Heritage archaeological sciences thesaurus (101 concepts)
>
> Main glossaries created from English Heritage recording manual  
> documentation:
> 1. English Heritage Simple Names for Masonry Structural Elements  
> (158 concepts)
> 2. English Heritage Simple Names for Timber Structural Elements (64  
> concepts)
> 3. English Heritage Simple Names for Deposits and Cuts (96 concepts)
>
> Minor glossaries created from English Heritage recording manual  
> documentation:
> 1. DEPOSIT.Compaction
> 2. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Frequency
> 3. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Size
> 4. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Shape
> 5. DEPOSIT.Inclusions.Material
> 6. DEPOSIT.Contamination
> 7. CUT.Shape in plan
> 8. CUT.Breaks of slope
> 9. CUT.Breaks of slope.Slope and shape of sides
> 10 Cut.Breaks of slope.Properties of base
> 11 CUT.Breaks of slope.Post stake hole shape
> 12 SITE AND CONTEXT DETAILS.Finish
> 13 SITE AND CONTEXT DETAILS.Condition
> 14 SMALL FIND FORM.Condition
> 15 SMALL FIND FORM.Completeness
> 16 BOX INDEX FORM.Material
> 17 BOX INDEX FORM.Find type
> 18 BOX INDEX FORM.Box type
> 19 SAMPLE RECORD FORM.Simple name
> 20 SAMPLE RECORD FORM.Condition
> 21 SKELETON FORM.Body position
> 22 SKELETON FORM.Condition
> 23 SMALL FINDS FORM
> 24 BULK FINDS MATERIAL LIST
>
> The SKOS vocabularies were all implemented by Ceri Binding,  
> University of Glamorgan, as part of STAR project. They were created  
> in English language only. The thesauri were converted from Oracle  
> data dumps using a C# conversion application written specifically  
> for the task. Glossaries were initially created in MultiTes  
> software, CSV output was then converted to XML using Altova XMLSpy.  
> Finally the XML files were converted to SKOS using a custom XSL  
> transformation (also using Altova XMLSpy).
>
> The thesauri and glossaries are not formally publicly available  
> yet, having been fed back to English Heritage. However the thesauri  
> may be viewed and browsed via the STAR SKOS_WS web service and  
> associated client application (described below).
>
> ==SKOS constructs used==
>  skos:ConceptScheme
>  skos:Concept
>  skos:hasTopConcept
>  skos:broader
>  skos:narrower
>  skos:related
>  skos:inScheme
>  skos:prefLabel
>  skos:altLabel
>  skos:scopeNote
>
> ==APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATIONS==
> SKOS_WS – a web service providing a subset of the SKOS API with  
> additional functionality for concept expansion and full text  
> searching. The purpose of the web service is to support the wider  
> aims of the ongoing STAR project. Implemented as a C# .NET SOAP web  
> service backed by a MySQL database, using the SemWeb (http:// 
> razor.occams.info/code/semweb/) RDF library - which imports the  
> SKOS thesaurus data from RDF/XML or NTriples format data. The web  
> service has no built in SKOS consistency checking.
>
> STAR SKOS web service client – a C# .NET windows based client  
> communicating with SKOS_WS for searching and browsing the English  
> Heritage thesauri. In addition to the windows based client a number  
> of browser based AJAX 'widget' controls have been developed for the  
> project, communicating again with the SOAP web service.
>
> The web service and associated client applications were created by  
> Ceri Binding, University of Glamorgan. They are described in more  
> detail on the project website at http:// 
> hypermedia.research.glam.ac.uk/kos/STAR/
>
> Ceri Binding
> Hypermedia Research Unit,
> Faculty of Advanced Technology,
> University of Glamorgan,
> Pontypridd, CF37 1DL
> Tel: +44 (0)1443 654533
> Email: cbinding@glam.ac.uk
>

--
Sean Bechhofer
School of Computer Science
University of Manchester
sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk
http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/bechhofer

Received on Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:23:01 UTC