Reengineering Thesauri for New Applications: the AGROVOC Example

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dc.creatorDagobert Soergel, Boris Lauser, Anita Liang, Frehiwot Fisseha, Johannes Keizer and Stephen Katz
dc.date2023-10-11T08:12:05Z
dc.date2023-10-11T08:12:05Z
dc.date2004
dc.date2017-12-05T18:48:54.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T22:48:46Z
dc.descriptionExisting classification schemes and thesauri are lacking in well-defined semantics and structural consistency. Empowering end users in searching collections of ever increasing magnitudes with performance far exceeding plain free-text searching (as used in many Web search engines), and developing systems that not only find but also process information for action, requires far more powerful and complex knowledge organization systems (KOSs). The paper presents a conceptual structure and transition procedure to support the shift from a traditional KOS towards a full-fledged and semantically rich KOS. The proposed structure also complies with other interoperability approaches like RDFS and XML in the Web environment. AGROVOC, a traditional thesaurus developed and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, serves as a case study for exploring the reengineering of a traditional thesaurus into a fully-fledged ontology. We start the process of developing an inventory of specific relationship types with well-defined semantics for the agricultural domain and explore the rules-as-you-go approach to streamlining the reengineering process.
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dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AF234E
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-af234e.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/263617
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleReengineering Thesauri for New Applications: the AGROVOC Example
dc.titleReengineering Thesauri for New Applications: the AGROVOC Example
dc.typeBook (stand-alone)

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