Re: SKOS is a W3C Recommendation

On 18/08/2009 19:34, Ralph R. Swick wrote:
> Currently on the W3C home page:
>
>   From Chaos, Order: SKOS Recommendation Helps Organize Knowledge
>
>      2009-08-18: Today W3C announces a new standard that builds a bridge
>      between the world of knowledge organization systems - including
>      thesauri, classifications, subject headings, taxonomies, and
>      folksonomies - and the linked data community, bringing benefits to
>      both. Libraries, museums, newspapers, government portals,
>      enterprises, social networking applications, and other communities
>      that manage large collections of books, historical artifacts, news
>      reports, business glossaries, blog entries, and other items can
>      now use Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) to leverage
>      the power of linked data. The Semantic Web Deployment Working
>      Group also published today two Group Notes with the
>      Recommendation, updating the SKOS Primer and SKOS Use Cases and
>      Requirements. Read the press release [1] and testimonials [2]
>      and learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
>      -- http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item140
>
>     [1] http://www.w3.org/2009/07/skos-pr
>     [2] http://www.w3.org/2009/07/skos-testimonial
>
> Enormous thanks to Alistair, Sean, Antoine, Ed, Jon, Daniel, Tom,
> and Guus for editing these documents and chairing the Group to
> this achievement.

Ah, you made my day :) This is really great news! Good things are worth 
waiting for... congratulations to everyone who worked so long on getting 
this so well specified, implemented and used!

cheers,

Dan

Received on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 17:46:00 UTC