Implementing a Government-wide Semantic Solution to Thesauri

Agenda

Problem Statement

Goals and Requirements

% Thesauri Standards and Specifications

% Basic Thesaurus Terminology (1)
[ISO 2788:1986]

Basic Thesaurus Terminology (2)
[ISO 2788:1986]

Basic Thesaurus Terminology (3)
[ISO 2788:1986]

Thesaurus Concept Example

Example: DTIC Thesaurus (1)

DTIC Thesaurus (2)

DTIC Thesaurus (3)

DTIC Thesaurus (4)

DTIC Thesaurus (5)

DTIC Thesaurus (6) – Navigation Interface

Example: CALL Thesaurus (1)

CALL Thesaurus (2)

FEA Business Reference Model (BRM)

SKOS
(Simple Knowledge Organisation System)

SKOS Core

SKOS Core Vocabulary

% SKOS Vocabulary: 5 Classes

% SKOS Vocabulary: 26 Properties

Our SKOS Element Subset and Extensions (1)

Our SKOS Element Subset and Extensions (2)

Our SKOS Element Subset and Extensions (3)

SKOS Fragment: Military Intelligence

SKOSaurus Pilot

% SKOSaurus Pilot: Environment

Main Use Cases (for Pilot)

RDF Graph: Bird Example

% Illustrative Statements from RDF Graph

% OWL Statements About SKOS

Example Spreadsheet: birds

Single Row of Spreadsheet

% Spreadsheet Conventions (Pilot)

SKOSaurus: Home Page

SKOSaurus: Manage COIs

SKOSaurus: Upload CSV or SKOS

SKOSaurus: Upload Feedback

SKOSaurus: Generated SKOS Excerpt (1)

SKOSaurus: Generated SKOS Excerpt (2)

SKOSaurus: Web Form

SKOSaurus: Kowari Model Dump: Query

SKOSaurus: Kowari Model Dump: Result

SKOSaurus: Intuitive Search

SKOSaurus: DTIC Data:
17K concepts (in 73K lines) à 70K SKOS statements

Intuitive Search 1:  Organizations (prefLabel)

Organizations: Military Organizations (NT)

Organizations: Mil Orgs: Military Reserves (NT)

SKOS “definition” Property

Intuitive Search 2: Intelligence (prefLabel)

Intelligence:  Military Intelligence

Intelligence:  Military Intelligence: narrower

(Intelligence: MILINTEL) or (Unconventional Warfare) : Subversion: Espionage

Unconventional Warfare: Subversion: Terrorism

Now, Connect the Dots!

Graphical Interface: Arlington Library – AcornWeb.org

How Does This Help Solve IC Problems?

Potential Next Steps

Potential Next Steps: Class of Problems

Summary and Conclusions

Resources: Semantics and Thesauri