RE: Practical applications of networking standards for KOS

We presented a paper on initial experiments with a thesaurus browser using the SKOS mapping API (a networked thesaurus protocol) at DC'05 this year. 
http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/~FACET/TUDHOPE-DC05.DOC

Doug

Douglas Tudhope 
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University of Glamorgan 
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Wales, UK 
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>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Ron Davies <mailto:ron@rondavies.be>
>>     *To:* NKOS@dli2.nsf.gov <mailto:NKOS@dli2.nsf.gov> ;
>>     sigcr-l@asis.org <mailto:sigcr-l@asis.org> ; public-esw-thes@w3.org
>>     <mailto:public-esw-thes@w3.org>
>>     *Sent:* Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:48 AM
>>     *Subject:* Practical applications of networking standards for KOS
>>
>>     My apologies in advance for cross-posting.
>>
>>     For a presentation this spring, I am trying to collect information
>>     on practical, real world uses of standards for sharing and making
>>     use of networked knowledge organisation systems. Knowledge
>>     organisation systems (KOS) of course include classification schemes,
>>     subject heading lists, thesauri, ontologies and other controlled
>>     vocabularies. Uses might include migrating schemes from a management
>>     system to a retrieval application or another management application,
>>     translation of a thesaurus from one natural language to another,
>> translating searches from one indexing language to another (or from
>>     one natural language to another), and expanding or enriching queries.
>>
>>     If you are using a standard for presenting the content of
>>     classification schemes, thesauri or ontologies in a networked
>>     environment or a standard protocol for accessing that information,
>>     please send me some brief information or references to your
>>     application, and (ideally) a URL where this information will be
>>     available. If you are not using a standard, but are still doing any
>>     of the above, I would also be interested in hearing about your
>>     application. I will, of course, summarise responses for the list.
>>
>>     Thanks in advance.
>>
>>     Ron
>>
>>     Ron Davies
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