PREFERRED TERM
Concept Scheme
TYPE
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owl:Class
DEFINITION
- A set of concepts, optionally including statements about semantic relationships between those concepts.
SCOPE NOTE
- A concept scheme may be defined to include concepts from different sources.
EXAMPLE
- Thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, 'folksonomies', and other types of controlled vocabulary are all examples of concept schemes. Concept schemes are also embedded in glossaries and terminologies.
URI
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#ConceptScheme