A set of concepts, optionally including statements about semantic relationships between those concepts.
| type | owl:Class |
| label | Concept Scheme |
| rdfs:isDefinedBy | core |
| owl:disjointWith | Interoperability Level |
| definition | A set of concepts, optionally including statements about semantic relationships between those concepts. |
| 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. |
| scope note | A concept scheme may be defined to include concepts from different sources. |
| Collection | |
| has top concept | |
| is in scheme | |
| is top concept in scheme |