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Revision as of 17:50, 13 December 2012
On this system it is possible to define "concepts". We use concept in the sense of SKOS "as an idea or notion; a unit of thought." It is possible to describe concepts with additional skos properties, but it is not necessary to start with that. For example, it is possible to define whether a concept is a class or a property.
Individual concepts can be grouped by two methods:
- If the concepts are carefully reviewed and published in a versioned and authored standard, they can be assigned to a "scheme".
- For all other groupings of concepts "concepts collections" are available. For example, if a standard lists some concepts as "core", others as "extensions", or if the concepts are grouped under subheadings, these are typically expressed as concept collections.
Term versus Concept
Note: we have chosen to use the words “term” and “concept” interchangeably here although, strictly, the unit in the vocabulary is a concept to which many labels/terms can be applied, e.g., a single concept can have preferred labels in different languages and while the label/term thus changes, the underlying concept stays the same. For further explanation see: Information Standards Quarterly by Clarke & Zeng (2012).
