SKOS Cheat sheet

Due to lack of a better alternative, I’ve created a cheat sheet for Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) terms.

SKOS Cheat sheet

2.1 Concepts

  • skos:Concept

2.2 Labels

  • skos:prefLabel
  • skos:altLabel
  • skos:hiddenLabel

2.3 Semantic Relationships

  • skos:broader
  • skos:narrower
  • skos:related

2.4 Documentary Notes

  • skos:note
    • skos:scopeNote
    • skos:definition
    • skos:example
    • skos:historyNote
    • skos:changeNote
    • skos:editorialNote

2.5 Concept Schemes

  • skos:ConceptScheme
    • skos:hasTopConcept
  • skos:inScheme

3.1 Mapping Concept Schemes

  • skos:closeMatch
  • skos:exactMatch
  • skos:broadMatch
  • skos:narrowMatch
  • skos:relatedMatch

4.1 Collections of Concepts

  • skos:Collection
    • skos:member
  • skos:OrderedCollection
    • skos:memberList

4.3 Relationships between Labels

  • skosxl:Label
  • skosxl:prefLabel
  • skosxl:altLabel
  • skosxl:hiddenLabel
  • skosxl:labelRelation

4.5 Transitive Hierarchies

  • skos:broaderTransitive
  • skos:narrowerTransitive

4.6 Notations

  • skos:notation

Miscellaneous

(mentioned in the Namespace Document but not in the Primer)

  • skos:mappingRelation
  • skos:semanticRelation
  • skos:topConceptOf

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