SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <title>SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition</title> <link href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/extras.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/base" rel="stylesheet" /> </head><body> <div class="head"> <a href="https://www.w3.org/"><img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" alt="W3C" width="72" height="48" /></a> <h1 id="title">SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Namespace Document - HTML Variant</h1> <h2>18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition</h2> <dl> <dt>This version: </dt> <dd><a href="https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html">http://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html</a><br /></dd> <dt>Latest version:</dt> <dd><a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.html">http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.html</a></dd> <dt>Authors:</dt> <dd><a href="http://purl.org/net/aliman">Alistair Miles</a>, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / University of Oxford<br/> <a href="http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/%7Eseanb/">Sean Bechhofer</a>, University of Manchester<br/> </dd> </dl> <hr/> </div>    <h2 id="Status">Status of this Document</h2> <p>This document describes the schema available from the SKOS namespace.</p> <hr/>   <h2 id="secintro">Introduction</h2> <p>The Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) is a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Semantic Web.This document provides a brief description of the SKOS Vocabulary. </p> <p>For detailed information about the SKOS Recommendation, please consult the SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>] or the SKOS Primer [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-PRIMER">SKOS-PRIMER</a>].</p> <hr/> <h2 id="sectable">SKOS Schema Overview</h2> <p>The following table gives a non-normative overview of the SKOS vocabulary; it replicates a table found in the (normative) SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>]. This document can be referenced directly, by its own URI <a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.html">http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core.html</a>, or indirectly, by content negotiation from the SKOS namespace URI <code><a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#">http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#</a></code> as described in Appendix C of SKOS Reference [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-REFERENCE">SKOS-REFERENCE</a>].</p> <p>See also the SKOS Namespace Document - RDF/XML Variant [<a class="citation" rel="citation" href="#SKOS-RDF">SKOS-RDF</a>].</p> <div id="div-appendix-overview-classes"> <h3>Classes</h3> <table class="quick-reference"> <caption></caption> <colgroup><col class="quick-ref-key" /><col class="quick-ref-value" /></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#Collection" id="Collection">skos:Collection</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Collection</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#collections">Section 9. Concept Collections</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>Collection</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Disjoint classes: </td> <td><code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#Concept" id="Concept">skos:Concept</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#concepts">Section 3. The skos:Concept Class</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>Concept</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Disjoint classes: </td> <td><code><a href="#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#ConceptScheme" id="ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#ConceptScheme</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#schemes">Section 4. Concept Schemes</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>Concept Scheme</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Disjoint classes: </td> <td><code><a href="#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#OrderedCollection" id="OrderedCollection">skos:OrderedCollection</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#OrderedCollection</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#collections">Section 9. Concept Collections</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>Ordered Collection</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-classes: </td> <td><code><a href="#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div><div id="div-appendix-overview-properties"> <h3>Properties</h3> <table class="quick-reference"> <caption></caption> <colgroup><col class="quick-ref-key" /><col class="quick-ref-value" /></colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#altLabel" id="altLabel">skos:altLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#altLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#labels">Section 5. Lexical Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>alternative label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label</code></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#broadMatch" id="broadMatch">skos:broadMatch</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broadMatch</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has broader match</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#broader">skos:broader</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#mappingRelation">skos:mappingRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#narrowMatch">skos:narrowMatch</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#broader" id="broader">skos:broader</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broader</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has broader</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#broaderTransitive">skos:broaderTransitive</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#narrower">skos:narrower</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#broaderTransitive" id="broaderTransitive">skos:broaderTransitive</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broaderTransitive</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has broader transitive</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#semanticRelation">skos:semanticRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#narrowerTransitive">skos:narrowerTransitive</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Transitive<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#changeNote" id="changeNote">skos:changeNote</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#changeNote</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>change note</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#closeMatch" id="closeMatch">skos:closeMatch</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#closeMatch</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has close match</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#mappingRelation">skos:mappingRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Symmetric<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#definition" id="definition">skos:definition</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>definition</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#editorialNote" id="editorialNote">skos:editorialNote</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#editorialNote</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>editorial note</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#exactMatch" id="exactMatch">skos:exactMatch</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#exactMatch</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has exact match</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#closeMatch">skos:closeMatch</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Transitive<br /> Symmetric<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#example" id="example">skos:example</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#example</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>example</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#hasTopConcept" id="hasTopConcept">skos:hasTopConcept</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#hasTopConcept</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#schemes">Section 4. Concept Schemes</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#topConceptOf">skos:topConceptOf</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#hiddenLabel" id="hiddenLabel">skos:hiddenLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#hiddenLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#labels">Section 5. Lexical Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>hidden label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label</code></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#historyNote" id="historyNote">skos:historyNote</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#historyNote</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>history note</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#inScheme" id="inScheme">skos:inScheme</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#inScheme</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#schemes">Section 4. Concept Schemes</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>is in scheme</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#ConceptScheme">skos:ConceptScheme</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#mappingRelation" id="mappingRelation">skos:mappingRelation</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#mappingRelation</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>is in mapping relation with</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties:</td> <td><code><a href="#semanticRelation">skos:semanticRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#member" id="member">skos:member</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#member</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#collections">Section 9. Concept Collections</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has member</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td>union of <code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code> and <code><a href="#Collection">skos:Collection</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#memberList" id="memberList">skos:memberList</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#memberList</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#collections">Section 9. Concept Collections</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has member list</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#OrderedCollection">skos:OrderedCollection</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#List</code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Functional<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#narrowMatch" id="narrowMatch">skos:narrowMatch</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#narrowMatch</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has narrower match</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#mappingRelation">skos:mappingRelation</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#narrower">skos:narrower</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#broadMatch">skos:broadMatch</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#narrower" id="narrower">skos:narrower</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#narrower</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has narrower</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#narrowerTransitive">skos:narrowerTransitive</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#broader">skos:broader</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#narrowerTransitive" id="narrowerTransitive">skos:narrowerTransitive</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#narrowerTransitive</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has narrower transitive</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#semanticRelation">skos:semanticRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#broaderTransitive">skos:broaderTransitive</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Transitive<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#notation" id="notation">skos:notation</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#notation</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notations">Section 6. Notations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>notation</em></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#note" id="note">skos:note</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#note</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>note</em></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#prefLabel" id="prefLabel">skos:prefLabel</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#labels">Section 5. Lexical Labels</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>preferred label</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label</code></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#related" id="related">skos:related</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has related</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#semanticRelation">skos:semanticRelation</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Symmetric<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#relatedMatch" id="relatedMatch">skos:relatedMatch</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#relatedMatch</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#mapping">Section 10. Mapping Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>has related match</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#mappingRelation">skos:mappingRelation</a></code><br /> <code><a href="#related">skos:related</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other characteristics:</td> <td>Symmetric<br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#scopeNote" id="scopeNote">skos:scopeNote</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#scopeNote</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#notes">Section 7. Documentation Properties</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>scope note</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#note">skos:note</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#semanticRelation" id="semanticRelation">skos:semanticRelation</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#semanticRelation</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#semantic-relations">Section 8. Semantic Relations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>is in semantic relation with</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Domain:</td> <td><code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Range:</td> <td><code><a href="#Concept">skos:Concept</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="#topConceptOf" id="topConceptOf">skos:topConceptOf</a> </th> </tr> <tr> <td>URI: </td> <td><code>http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#topConceptOf</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Definition: </td> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/#schemes">Section 4. Concept Schemes</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Label: </td> <td><em>is top concept in scheme</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Super-properties: </td> <td><code><a href="#inScheme">skos:inScheme</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inverse of:</td> <td><code><a href="#hasTopConcept">skos:hasTopConcept</a></code><br /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <hr/> <h2 id="secref">References</h2> <dl> <dt><a id="SKOS-REFERENCE" name="SKOS-REFERENCE">[SKOS-REFERENCE]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference">SKOS Reference</a></cite>, Alistair Miles, Sean Bechhofer, Editors. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference" title="Latest version of SKOS Reference">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference.</dd> <dt><a id="SKOS-RDF" name="SKOS-RDF">[SKOS-RDF]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos.rdf">SKOS Namespace - RDF/XML Variant</a></cite>. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos.rdf">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/skos.rdf</dd> <dt><a id="SKOS-PRIMER" name="SKOS-PRIMER">[SKOS-PRIMER]</a></dt> <dd><cite><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer">SKOS Primer</a></cite>, Antoine Isaac, Ed Summers, Editors. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer" title="Latest version of SKOS Primer">Latest version</a> available at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer.</dd>  </dl> <hr/>  <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>This document is the result of extensive discussions within the W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/">Semantic Web Deployment Working Group</a>. The document drew on the experiences of earlier groups and projects including <a href="https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/">SWAD-Europe</a> and W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/BestPractices/">Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group</a>. Members of the W3C's <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-esw-thes/">public-esw-thes</a> also made valuable contributions.</p> <hr /> <p> $Revision: 1.2 $ of $Date: 2011/08/06 11:16:36 $ </p> </body></html>

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