SEMIC Core Vocabularies Handbook
This Handbook provides a clear and straightforward guide on how to use SEMIC Core Vocabularies (CV), superseding the previous version of 2015. Key updates include more detailed guidelines and examples in the form of extended tutorials to assist practical use of the Core Vocabularies, as well as the inclusion of more recent popular languages, such as JSON-LD.
In addition, the handbook is now explicitly intended both for business users who wish to understand how the Core Vocabularies can be useful, and for semantic engineers who seek straightforward guidance for specific use cases.
This handbook is organised in four chapters. Chapter 1 is aimed at first-time readers and provides an introduction where interoperability, the role of Core Vocabularies, and important use cases are described briefly.
Chapters 2 and 3 serve a mixed audience, containing use cases aimed at business users, and guidelines and hands-on tutorials aimed at semantic engineers. The chapters address two principal cases:
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creating new semantic data specifications or stand-alone data models (re-)using Core Vocabularies, and
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mapping existing data models to the Core Vocabularies.
Chapter 4 contains concluding remarks and looks ahead toward possible future considerations or extensions.
More information about SEMIC can be found at the SEMIC Support Centre and its related repositories on GitHub.