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TAXONOMY MANAGEMENT BASED ON SKOS-XL

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WHY SKOS-XL?Use Cases for Taxonomies

based on SKOS Core + SKOS-XL

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SKOS is used for taxonomy management in many different industries

▸ SKOS CoreWith SKOS Core, only concepts can be used as resources; labels are only ‘attached’ to concepts and cannot be described in more detail or related to each other

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Concept

United States dollar

skos:prefLabel

USD

US$

skos:altLabel

skos:Concept

skos:related

United States of America

skos:prefLabel

USAskos:altLabel

With SKOS-XL, labels can become resources

▸ SKOS-XL - the main addition to SKOS CoreWith SKOS-XL, each label can become a resource.

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Concept

USD

US$

skos:altLabel

skos:Concept

skos:related

United States of America

skos:prefLabel

USAskos:altLabel

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:prefLabel

United States dollar

skos-xl:literalForm

Use Cases for SKOS-XL

▸ Introduce attributes for labelsWith SKOS-XL, each label can have specific attributes, e.g. ‘isSymbol’ or ‘isISOcode’, etc.5

skos:Concept

United States dollar

skos:prefLabel

USD

$

skos:altLabel

skos-xl:Label

skos:Concept

skos-xl:prefLabel

United States dollar

skos-xl:literalForm

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

USD

skos-xl:literalForm

truemy:isISOcode

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

$skos-xl:literalForm

truemy:isSymbol

Use Cases for SKOS-XL

▸ Put labels in a contextWith SKOS-XL, each label can have specific relations, e.g. information about provenance, etc.6

skos-xl:Label

fibo-acc-cur:

Currency

skos-xl:prefLabel

United States dollar

skos-xl:literalForm

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

USD

skos-xl:literalForm

fibo-plc-loc:

Locationfibo:isTenderIn

United States of America

skos:prefLabel

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel Coco

skos-xl:literalForm

geo:SpatialThing

my:isNicknameIn

Peru

skos:prefLabel

Use Cases for SKOS-XL

▸ Relate labels to each otherWith SKOS-XL, each label can have specific relations, e.g. ‘isPredecessor’, ‘translates’, etc.7

skos-xl:Label

fibo-plc-loc:

Location

skos-xl:prefLabel

Switzerland@en

skos-xl:Label Schweiz@de

fibo-acc-cur:

Currency

fibo:isTenderIn

Swiss franc

skos:prefLabel

skos-xl:Label

Swiss Confederation@en

skos-xl:Label

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft@de

skos-xl:altLabel

my:translates

my:translates

Use Cases for SKOS-XL

▸ Relate labels to each otherWith SKOS-XL, each label can have specific relations, e.g. ‘isPredecessor’, ‘translates’, etc.8

skos-xl:Label

fibo-plc-loc:

Location

skos-xl:prefLabel

Switzerland@en

fibo-acc-cur:

Currency

fibo:isTenderIn

Swiss franc

skos:prefLabel

skos-xl:Label

Swiss Confederation@enskos-xl:altLabel

my:isPredecessor

Use Cases for SKOS-XL

▸ Multiple and consistent (re)usage of labelsWith SKOS-XL, each label can be (re)used at multiple points of a thesaurus. This helps to keep a taxonomy even more consistent while labels are used in various contexts.

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Label

fibo-plc-loc:

Location

skos-xl:prefLabel

Switzerland@en

fibo-acc-cur:

Currency

fibo:isTenderIn

Swiss franc

skos:prefLabel

skos-xl:Label

Swiss Confederation@enskos-xl:altLabel

my:isPredecessor

geo:SpatialThing

skos-xl:prefLabel

Modelling SKOS-XL with PoolPartyOne of the most comfortable

SKOS-XL editors on the market

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Comfortable SKOS-XL Label Management

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Comfortable SKOS-XL Label Management

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Comfortable SKOS-XL Label Management

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AdvancedSKOS-XL features

Workflows and the usage of SKOS-XL in combination with ontologies

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SKOS-XL and Workflows

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Setting the workflow rules

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PoolParty’s ontology and custom schema management

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PoolParty’s ontology and custom schema management

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PoolParty’s ontology and custom schema management

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Ontology

Ontology 1from library

Ontology 2(imported)

Ontology 3(custom-made)

Custom Schema

Combine SKOS-XL with ontologies

▸ Use SKOS-XL together with classes from your own ontology20

skos-xl:Label

fibo-acc-cur:

Currency

skos-xl:prefLabel

United States dollar

skos-xl:literalForm

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

USD

skos-xl:literalForm

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:hiddenLabel Coco

skos-xl:literalForm

Combine SKOS-XL with ontologies

▸ Use custom relations between SKOS-XL labels21

skos-xl:Label

Switzerland@en

skos-xl:Label

Swiss Confederation@en

skos-xl:altLabel

my:isPredecessor

geo:SpatialThing

skos-xl:prefLabel

Combine SKOS-XL with ontologies

▸ Use custom attributes from your ontology to classify SKOS-XL labels22

skos-xl:Label

skos:Concept

skos-xl:prefLabel

United States dollar

skos-xl:literalForm

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

USD

skos-xl:literalForm

truemy:isISOcode

skos-xl:Label

skos-xl:altLabel

$skos-xl:literalForm

truemy:isSymbol

SKOS-XL resourcesExample projects and resources

based on SKOS-XL

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24EuroVocEuroVoc is a multilingual, multidisciplinary thesaurus covering the activities of the EU. It contains terms in 23 EU languages.

EuroVoc is managed by the PO, which moved forward to semantic web technologies conformant to W3C recommendations

EuroVoc users include the European Parliament, national and regional parliaments in Europe, plus national governments around the world.

http://eurovoc.europa.eu/

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25AGROVOCAGROVOC is a controlled vocabulary covering all areas of interest of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, etc.

AGROVOC is a SKOS-XL concept scheme and a LOD set aligned with 16 other multilingual knowledge organization systems.

http://aims.fao.org/standards/agrovoc/concept-scheme

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26ESCOESCO is the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations relevant for the EU labour market and education and training.

ESCO has been developed in an open IT format, is available for use free of charge by everyone and can be accessed via the ESCO portal.

https://ec.europa.eu/esco/

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