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Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)
Definition
A W3C vocabulary for representing concepts and semantic relationships among them in machine-readable form.
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xAPI Profiles use SKOS as a foundation for describing and relating reusable xAPI concepts within and across Profiles.
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Sources and evidence
- xAPI Profiles Specification — Part One §3.0 — exact definition: SKOS (direct)
- xAPI Profiles Specification — Part Two §3.0 — SKOS Concept as the basis for xAPI Concepts (supporting)