Presentation Description This talk is a short report on ISO 25964 progress and outcomes focusing on Part 2: Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies. Part 2 of ISO 25964 is essentially a primer on how to map concepts to a thesaurus. This presentation was part of the panel “International standards for KOS supporting information retrieval and machine learning assessment” at …
Using Schema and Value Vocabularies to Structure Information Applications
Presentation Description This talk is about application profiles as a framework for structuring information applications and why this is important in the context of knowledge organization systems and artificial intelligence. Date: August 19, 2026 Venue: International Society for Knowledge Organization – ISKO 2026 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Broad Topic: Automation Presenter: Joseph Busch, Principal Analyst, Taxonomy Strategies Watch this Presentation: Download Presentation: MP4 | PDF Download Paper: …
Report on NKOS Workshop @ DCMI 2026
On Monday, August 3 an excellent NKOS Workshop was held at DCMI 2026, the international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications. The Workshop included five presentations on AI-assisted KOS modeling, mapping, indexing and retrieval applications, and a panel discussion with five perspectives on establishing ethical guidelines for use of AI tools in KOS and metadata services. There were 30 …
Thesaurus Standards for Taxonomies
Presentation Description This talk, developed by Heather Hedden and Joseph Busch, discusses the similarities and differences of thesauri and taxonomies and the relevance of thesaurus standards for taxonomies. Then we provide an overview of the Simple Knowledge Organization System known as SKOS and explain how the revised ISO 25964 Part 1—the Thesaurus standard—aligns and compares with SKOS. Date: April 15, …
Using Vocabularies to Provide Consistency Across Structured Content
Presentation Description This talk provides an accessible overview of application profiles and makes the case for why this type of documentation is important in the context of artificial intelligence. Date: April 15, 2026 Venue: Taxonomy Bootcamp London 2026 Location: London Broad Topic: Taxonomy Presenter: Joseph Busch, Principal Analyst, Taxonomy Strategies Watch this Presentation Download Presentation: MP4 | PDF [Slide 1] Application profiles provide a framework …
Using Vocabularies to Provide Consistency Across Structured Content
Presentation Description This talk provides an accessible overview of how two vocabulary types – schema and value vocabularies – combine in application profiles in order to deliver consistency across structured content. Date: November 18, 2025 Venue: Taxonomy Bootcamp 2025 Location: Washington, D.C. Broad Topic: Taxonomy Presenter: Joseph Busch, Principal Analyst, Taxonomy Strategies Watch this Presentation Download Presentation: MP4 | PPTX …