A Standard to build Knowledge Graphs: 12 Facts about SKOS

These days, many organisations have begun to develop their own knowledge graphs. One reason might be to build a solid basis for various machine learning and cognitive computing efforts. For many of those, it remains still unclear where to start. SKOS offers a simple way to start and opens many doors to extend a knowledge graph over time. The usage of open standards for data and knowledge models eliminates proprietary vendor lock-in.