Advantages of thesaurus representation using the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) compared with proposed alternatives

Information Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pastor Sanchez, Juan Antonio ^a   Mendez, Francisco Javier Martínez ^a   Rodríguez Muñoz, José Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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