READIT - 2009 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Proceedings of READIT-2009, Kalpakkam - 603 102, 29-30 Dec 2009
SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE
REPRESENTATION
Devika P. M.
Semantic web proposes 'meaningful web'. In effect it means that the web
should be supported with enriched descriptions so as to aide in accurate and
efficient retrieval. Digital Libraries (DLs) and Digital Repositories are data
intensive with large masses of full text resources accessible online. Activities
in the area of Semantic Web development recognize the significant part
played by metadata and knowledge organization systems (such as
classifications and thesauri) in capturing and communicating 'meaning'. We
now have web ontology standards, such as Simple Knowledge Organization
Systems (SKOS), a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge
organization systems via the Semantic Web. Standards such as SKOS are
also meant to be used as a vehicle for deployment of knowledge organization
systems that were not born digital (or XML/RDF) such as thesauri and
bibliographic classifications. The talk attempts to present application of
faceted classification scheme as enunciated by Ranganathan in developing
ontologies. It further explores the issues in modelling faceted scheme of
Ranganathan using SKOS.
Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute
Bangalore – 560 059
Email: devika at drtc.isibang.ac.in
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