SWAD-Europe Thesaurus Activity: Reports

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8.1 An RDF Schema for Thesauri (SKOS-Core 1.0 Guide)

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.1/

This document is a guide to using the SKOS-Core 1.0 RDF schema for thesauri. The SKOS meta-model is introduced, the features of the SKOS-Core 1.0 schema are described with examples, and guidelines for using SKOS concept schemes for subject-based indexing of web resources are offered.

8.2 Review of RDF Thesaurus Work

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.2/

This document is a review of existing work on RDF-based systems for encoding thesaurus data. Seven schemas are discussed in relation to common themes and design features. Some conclusions are drawn regarding requirements for a thesaurus representation system that will allow thesaurus data to become a part of the semantic web. The schemas themselves are presented for convenient analysis as summary tables.

8.3 RDF Encoding of Multilingual Thesauri

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.3/

This document is an introduction and guide to using SKOS-Core and SKOS-Mapping RDF schemas for encoding of multilingual thesauri. It gives recommendations for encoding different types of multilingual thesauri, where there are variations in structure and implied semantics.

8.4 Inter-Thesaurus Mapping

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.4/

This document is an introduction and guide to the RDF thesaurus vocabulary extension for defining inter-thesaurus mappings and equivalence relationships. It gives recommendations and examples for defining mappings between concepts from different thesauri, and using these mappings to enable inter-thesaurus interoperability.

8.5 RDF Encoding of Classification Schemes

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.5/

This report describes an RDF encoding of the Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS). How to correctly capture the semantics of a PACS resource classification is discussed. Some recommendations for the RDF encoding of classification schemes in general are offered.

8.6 OWL Ontology for Thesaurus Data

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.6/

This report describes the features of OWL that are used in the SKOS-Core 1.0 schema for thesaurus data to express additional semantics and constraints that may not be expressed with RDF schema alone.

8.7 RDF Thesaurus Prototype

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.7/

This report describes the thesarus research prototype demonstrating the SKOS schema by means of the SKOS API web service and a demonstrator containing sample data, some simple clients for using the API, documentation and description of related work.

8.8 Migrating Thesauri to the Semantic Web (SKOS-Core 1.0 Guidelines for Migration)

http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/8.8/

This document presents guidelines, methods and examples for migrating current thesaurus systems to RDF based thesaurus systems. Both 'standard' and 'non-standard' thesauri are considered. Three case studies are presented.