skosmos

Skosmos is a web application for browsing and visualizing SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) vocabularies. SKOS is a W3C standard for representing and sharing thesauri, classification schemes, and other structured knowledge organization systems. Skosmos allows users to explore these vocabularies in a human-readable format, making it easier to understand their structure, relationships between terms, and individual concept details.

The application displays concepts in a hierarchical or alphabetical order, depending on the configuration. When a concept is selected, Skosmos presents its labels, definitions, notes, and any associated properties. Crucially, it highlights the relationships between concepts, such as broader, narrower, related, and alternative terms. This visual representation aids in understanding the semantic connections within a vocabulary.

Skosmos is particularly useful for researchers, librarians, data managers, and anyone working with controlled vocabularies. It facilitates the discovery and reuse of knowledge organization systems and promotes data interoperability by providing a standard way to expose and access SKOS data. The project is open-source and has been adopted by various institutions and projects for managing and publishing their controlled vocabularies. It supports different SKOS data formats and can be integrated with other semantic web technologies.