Concepts are the units of thought, ideas, meanings, or (categories of) objects and events - which underlie many knowledge organization systems. As such, concepts exist in the mind as abstract entities which are independent of the terms used to label them. (Source: SKOS Primer)
Below are the most important attributes used for skos:Concepts.
| RDF Property | Label | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| skos:prefLabel | preferred label | Preferred label of the concept in a specific language. |
| skos:altLabel | alternative label | Synonym or alternative spelling of the concept in a specific language. |
| skos:hiddenLabel | hidden label | A hidden (e.g. deprecated) label of the concept, not used for display but for lookup and search. |
| skos:definition | definition | A short informal definition of the concept. |
| skos:broader | broader concept | Hierarchical relation to a broader, more generic concept. Inverse relation of skos:narrower. |
| skos:narrower | narrower concept | Hierarchical relation to a narrower, more specific concept. Inverse relation of skos:broader. |
| skos:related | related concept | Associative (non-hierarchical) relation to another concept. |