SKOS

W3C recommendation designed for representation of thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject-heading systems, or other structured controlled vocabularies
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SKOS

Summary

SKOS is an OWL ontology[1]. SKOS draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (owl_ontology category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • SKOS's instance of is recorded as OWL ontology[3].
  • SKOS's instance of is recorded as formal language[4].
  • SKOS's instance of is recorded as W3C Recommendation[5].
  • SKOS's copyright license is recorded as W3C Software License[6].
  • SKOS's has use is recorded as thesaurus[7].
  • SKOS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cv1l1[8].
  • SKOS's distributed by is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[9].
  • SKOS's official website is recorded as https://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/[10].
  • SKOS's described at URL is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/[11].
  • SKOS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/skos[12].
  • SKOS's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SKOS'}[13].
  • SKOS's different from is recorded as exact match[14].
  • SKOS's BARTOC ID is recorded as 18274[15].
  • SKOS's Quora topic ID is recorded as SKOS-Simple-Knowledge-Organization-System[16].
  • SKOS's P6009 is recorded as 32214[17].
  • SKOS's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#[18].
  • SKOS's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Nykøbing F Parish[19].
  • SKOS's GitHub topic is recorded as skos[20].
  • SKOS's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C29321653[21].
  • SKOS's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78260[22].
  • SKOS's ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization ID is recorded as skos[23].
  • SKOS's Linked Open Vocabularies ID is recorded as skos[24].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include OWL ontology[3], formal language[4], and W3C Recommendation[5].

Why It Matters

SKOS draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (owl_ontology category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] SKOS has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] SKOS is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). SKOS. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/skos
MLA “SKOS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/skos.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_skos_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SKOS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/skos}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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