appears_in: []
contact:
  email: alimanfoo@googlemail.com
  github: alimanfoo
  name: Alistair Miles
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: SKOS is an area of work developing specifications and standards to support
  the use of knowledge organization systems (KOS) such as thesauri, classification
  schemes, subject heading lists and taxonomies within the framework of the Semantic
  Web
download_owl: http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos.rdf
download_rdf: http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos.rdf
example: prefLabel
example_extras: []
homepage: https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference
keywords:
- computer science
- miscellaneous
- ontology
- w3c rec
license: W3C-2023
mappings:
  aberowl: skos
  bartoc: '18274'
  biocontext: skos
  lov: skos
  ols: skos
  tib: skos
  zazuko: skos
name: Simple Knowledge Organization System
namespace_in_lui: false
preferred_prefix: skos
prefix: skos
providers: []
publications: []
synonyms: []
uri_format: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#$1
