July, '09. SKOS Recommendation Published
From http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item140:
From Chaos, Order: SKOS Recommendation Helps Organize Knowledge
2009-08-18: Today W3C announces a new standard that builds a bridge
between the world of knowledge organization systems - including
thesauri, classifications, subject headings, taxonomies, and
folksonomies - and the linked data community, bringing benefits to
both. Libraries, museums, newspapers, government portals,
enterprises, social networking applications, and other communities
that manage large collections of books, historical artifacts, news
reports, business glossaries, blog entries, and other items can
now use Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) to leverage
the power of linked data. The Semantic Web Deployment Working
Group also published today two Group Notes with the
Recommendation, updating the SKOS Primer and SKOS Use Cases and
Requirements. Read the press release [1] and testimonials [2]
and learn more about the Semantic Web Activity.
August, '08. Hair today, gone tomorrow....
More details on flickr.