A method to convert thesauri to SKOS

Mark Van Assem; Véronique Malaisé; Alistair Miles; Guus Schreiber

doi:10.1007/11762256_10

A method to convert thesauri to SKOS

Mark Van Assem, Véronique Malaisé, Alistair Miles, Guus Schreiber

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Abstract

Thesauri can be useful resources for indexing and retrieval on the Semantic Web, but often they are not published in RDF/OWL. To convert thesauri to RDF for use in Semantic Web applications and to ensure the quality and utility of the conversion a structured method is required. Moreover, if different thesauri are to be interoperable without complicated mappings, a standard schema for thesauri is required. This paper presents a method for conversion of thesauri to the SKOS RDF/OWL schema, which is a proposal for such a standard under development by W3Cs Semantic Web Best Practices Working Group. We apply the method to three thesauri: IPSV, GTAA and MeSH. With these case studies we evaluate our method and the applicability of SKOS for representing thesauri.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Semantic Web
Subtitle of host publication	Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	95-109
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	3540345442, 9783540345442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 - Budva Duration: Jun 11 2006 → Jun 14 2006

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4011 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006
City	Budva
Period	06/11/06 → 06/14/06

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Van Assem, M., Malaisé, V., Miles, A., & Schreiber, G. (2006). A method to convert thesauri to SKOS. In The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings (pp. 95-109). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4011 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10

Van Assem, Mark ; Malaisé, Véronique ; Miles, Alistair et al. / A method to convert thesauri to SKOS. The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. pp. 95-109 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Van Assem, M, Malaisé, V, Miles, A & Schreiber, G 2006, A method to convert thesauri to SKOS. in The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4011 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 95-109, 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006, Budva, 06/11/06. https://doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10

A method to convert thesauri to SKOS. / Van Assem, Mark; Malaisé, Véronique; Miles, Alistair et al.
The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2006. p. 95-109 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4011 LNCS).

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Van Assem M, Malaisé V, Miles A, Schreiber G. A method to convert thesauri to SKOS. In The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2006 Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2006. p. 95-109. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/11762256_10

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