Interoperability of knowledge organization systems: the state of the art

  • Ana M. Martínez Tamayo Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET). **Departamento de Bibliotecología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 48 e/6 y 7, 1900 La Plata
  • Julia C. Valdez Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET). **Departamento de Bibliotecología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 48 e/6 y 7, 1900 La Plata
  • Edgardo A. Stubbs Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET). **Departamento de Bibliotecología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 48 e/6 y 7, 1900 La Plata
  • Yanina González Terán Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET). **Departamento de Bibliotecología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 48 e/6 y 7, 1900 La Plata
  • María Inés Kessler Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET). **Departamento de Bibliotecología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 48 e/6 y 7, 1900 La Plata
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i24.733
Keywords: Interoperability, Knowledge organization systems

Abstract

The interoperability between knowledge organization systems (KOS) has become very important in recent years, in order to facilitate simultaneous searches in several databases or to merge different databases into one. The new standards for KOS design and development, the American Z39.19:2005 and the British 8723-4:2007, include detailed recommendations for interoperability. Also, there is a new ISO standard in preparation, the 25964-1 about thesauri and interoperability, which will be added to the above mentioned ones. The available technology provides tools for interoperability, e.g. formats and functional requirements for subject authority, as well as those for Semantic Web RDF/OWL, SKOS Core and XML. On the other hand, presently it is very hard to design and develop new KOS due to economical problems, so interoperability makes it possible to take advantage of the existing ones. In this work the basic concepts, models and methods recommended by the standards are reviewed, as well as several experiences on interoperability between KOS that have been documented.

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Published
2011-06-01
How to Cite
Martínez Tamayo, A. M., Valdez, J. C., Stubbs, E. A., González Terán, Y., & Kessler, M. I. (2011). Interoperability of knowledge organization systems: the state of the art. Información, Cultura Y Sociedad, (24), 15-37. https://doi.org/10.34096/ics.i24.733
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No 24 (2011)
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