Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce digital librarians to a new encoding standard for developing semantically‐rich controlled vocabularies which will enhance searching of digital content.Design/methodology/approachLiterature‐based review.FindingsSKOS Core serves as an efficient and practical segue from traditional knowledge organization systems such as thesauri and classification systems to more complex and logic‐driven Semantic Web languages.Practical implicationsLibrarians with a need to provide semantically‐rich access to digital resources will find SKOS Core a useful addition to their metadata tool kits.Originality/valueProvides a useful and practical introduction to a new Semantic Web tool which should be of great interest to librarians tasked with integrating knowledge organization systems into digital libraries.
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