Ontologies
SSOS

Standards-Specific Ontology Standard (SSOS)

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NISO SSOS (Standards-Specific Ontology Standard): A New Resource for Standards Publishers

Robert Wheeler
2022
doi: 10.14293/s2199-ssp-am22-0019
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The NISO Working Group for the Standards Specific Ontology Standard (SSOS) has developed and standardized a high-level standards ontology that describes a limited set of core concepts and relationships, starting with a component to define standards’ lifecycle

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states. This will facilitate use, create deeper and more consistent discovery and navigation, and set a foundation for other semantic application, such as linked data, within the standards ecosystem. This poster will outline the process undertaken to create the ontology standard, and show next steps for the project and its adoption by standards publishers.

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Robert Wheeler; NISO SSOS (Standards-Specific Ontology Standard): A New Resource for Standards Publishers; ScienceOpen; 2022; doi:10.14293/s2199-ssp-am22-0019

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Specification niso.org

SSOS OWL Version (v1)

Web Ontology Language (OWL) file for the Standards-Specific Ontology Standard.

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Specification niso.org

SSOS SKOS Version (v1)

Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) file for the Standards-Specific Ontology Standard.

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Homepage niso.org

NISO Standards-Specific Ontology (SSOS)

The official NISO project page for the Standards-Specific Ontology Standard (SSOS), providing the draft document and links to the ontology files.

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