thesaurus</a> to a more complex <a href="http://cdswebdev.cern.ch/bibclassify/HEP.rdf">taxonomy</a>, with richer structure
and semantics, was mainly driven by the needs of the BibClassify system.
The current taxonomy oh high energy physics is expressed in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/">SKOS</a>
syntax. SKOS is a dialect of RDF and it is especially intended for the
representation of knowledge organization systems, such as thesauri,
taxonomies and basic ontologies.
<p><span class="adminbox"> <b>NB.</b> The reasons behind the adoption of SKOS, instead of other similar
knowledge organization formats - notably <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-features/">OWL</a> - are to do with the simplicity, yet completeness, of SKOS.
The SKOS language contains all the basic properties that were needed to express the taxonomy and it allows straightforward conversion from text to RDF.
If you are interested in a more detailed discussion on this matter, please check the <a