A Method to Convert Thesauri to SKOS Export

@incollection{citeulike:1373104, 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 W3C's 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.}, author = {van Assem, Mark and Malais\'{e}, V\'{e}ronique and Miles, Alistair and Schreiber, Guus}, citeulike-article-id = {1373104}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10}, doi = {10.1007/11762256_10}, journal = {The Semantic Web: Research and Applications}, keywords = {skos, thesaurus}, pages = {95--109}, posted-at = {2009-02-04 11:18:50}, priority = {2}, title = {A Method to Convert Thesauri to SKOS}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10}, year = {2006} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:1373104 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1373104 N2 - 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 W3C’s 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. JF - The Semantic Web: Research and Applications EP - 109 TI - A Method to Convert Thesauri to SKOS SP - 95 KW - skos KW - thesaurus AU - van Assem, Mark AU - Malaisé, Véronique AU - Miles, Alistair AU - Schreiber, Guus PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11762256_10 ER -