Publications: Classification of Knowledge Organization Systems

The following classification of Knowledge Organization Systems has been extracted from Wikidata as described below.

Current Classification

Wikidata can change quickly so this is a snapshot from 2017-11-29.

knowledge organization system (Q6423319) = fabio:ControlledVocabulary | skos:ConceptScheme33
- encyclopedia (Q5292)575185
  - anti-encyclopedia (Q574634)2
  - Internet encyclopedia (Q615699)7129
    - Wikipedia language edition (Q10876391)302
  - encyclopedic dictionary (Q975413)539
    - biographical dictionary (Q1787111)1479
      - group biographical dictionary (Q1499601)1 1
      - national biographical dictionary (Q21050458)1 1
      - epoch biographical dictionary (Q21050912)1
      - dictionary of people (Q26721650)2
  - national encyclopedia (Q1239328)43 1
  - universal encyclopedia (Q1525071)3 2
  - encyclopedia of literature (Q1659897)3 1
  - encyclopedia of misconceptions (Q1673213)2 1
  - Bible dictionary (Q4903126)2 4
  - hypertext encyclopedia (Q13419255)6 1
- dictionary (Q23622) = nkos:dictionary348132
  - lexicon (Q8096)8 38
  - orthographic dictionary (Q378914)7
  - etymological dictionary (Q521983)5 14
  - frequency list (Q697133)6
  - glossary (Q859161) = nkos:glossary 29 37
  - visual dictionary (Q861712)1 7
  - explanatory dictionary (Q897755)57
    - explanatory combinatorial dictionary (Q4459737)2
    - monolingual learner's dictionary (Q6901667)2
      - advanced learner's dictionary (Q17011199)1 3
  - encyclopedic dictionary (Q975413)539
    - biographical dictionary (Q1787111)1479
      - group biographical dictionary (Q1499601)1 1
      - national biographical dictionary (Q21050458)1 1
      - epoch biographical dictionary (Q21050912)1
      - dictionary of people (Q26721650)2
  - pronouncing dictionary (Q1048400)6
  - Differentiae (Q1224346)1
  - reverse dictionary (Q1304223)10
    - lexicographic thesaurus (Q179797)948
      - synonym dictionary (Q2376111)1 2
    - conceptual dictionary (Q2361647)1 9
    - reverse word dictionary (Q41552719)
  - machine-readable dictionary (Q1327461)12
    - online dictionary (Q3327521)175
      - Wiktionary language edition (Q22001389)172
  - specialized dictionary (Q1391417) = fabio:TermDictionary35
    - law dictionary (Q1464287)1 5
    - house-lexicon (Q1591238)1
    - Bible dictionary (Q4903126)2 4
    - medical dictionary (Q6806507)1 2
    - single-field dictionary (Q7523718)1
    - sub-field dictionary (Q7630614)1
    - multi-field dictionary (Q17094463)1
  - dictionary of foreign words (Q1455182)2
  - concise dictionary (Q1575315)1
  - idioticon (Q1656835)1 2
  - word family dictionary (Q1722340)1
  - learner's dictionary (Q1820290)1
    - monolingual learner's dictionary (Q6901667)2
      - advanced learner's dictionary (Q17011199)1 3
  - topic dictionary (Q2134855)1
  - rime dictionary (Q2191807)6 7
  - rhyming dictionary (Q2210568)11
  - synonym dictionary (Q2376111)1 2
  - pocket dictionary (Q2394934)1
  - bilingual dictionary (Q2640207)1014
    - Esperanto–English dictionary (Q12347305)1
    - Esperanto-French dictionary (Q12347316)4 1
    - Esperanto-Chinese dictionary (Q12347403)1
  - slang dictionary (Q3808854)2 3
  - comparative dictionary (Q4428939)1
  - idiom dictionary (Q4492301)4
  - anagram dictionary (Q4750851)1
  - author dictionary (Q5805540)1
  - language for specific purposes dictionary (Q6486734)1
  - phonetic dictionary (Q7187214)1
  - picture dictionary (Q7191193)2
  - English dictionary (Q12607437)12
    - Esperanto–English dictionary (Q12347305)1
  - Korean dictionary (Q12623394)1 1
  - Frisian language dictionary (Q13135720)1
  - Chinese dictionary (Q37784323)4
    - Esperanto-Chinese dictionary (Q12347403)1
- controlled vocabulary (Q1469824)1610
  - authority control (Q36524) = fabio:AuthorityFile 47 46
  - glossary (Q859161) = nkos:glossary 29 37
  - synonym ring (Q1673963) = nkos:synonym_ring 6
  - thesaurus (Q17152639) = fabio:Thesaurus | nkos:thesaurus295
    - word net (Q2594143)6 1
    - microthesaurus (Q29573701)
- catalog (Q2352616) = http://purl.org/cld/cdtype/CatalogueOrIndex | fabio:Catalog22513
  - directory (Q201456)14 44
  - telephone directory (Q220393)3 30
  - civil registry (Q254213)1124
    - birth registry (Q12029612)1
  - web directory (Q327349)1930
    - Wikiversity reading list (Q25054829)17
  - address book (Q367035)2 13
  - astronomical catalog (Q605175)9329
    - astronomical survey (Q550089)9911
      - redshift survey (Q3935817)4
      - star count (Q7601206)1
    - star catalogue (Q850950)2832
      - Zonenkatalog (Q219897)1
    - catalogue of galaxies (Q2941628)2 1
  - land registration (Q672598)426
    - Ōtabumi (Q1413174)4
  - exhibition catalogue (Q780605)87 5
  - inventory (Q815410)1138
    - heritage register (Q15097084)1091
      - buildings at risk register (Q1003021)1
  - stamp catalog (Q854459)11 19
  - business directory (Q897682)5 4
  - gazetteer (Q1006160) = nkos:gazetteer2020
    - Fudoki (Q1194534)14
  - urbarium (Q1400059)2 19
  - bibliography (Q1631107) = edma:data_35056396
    - discography (Q273057)6475 36
    - filmography (Q1371849)91010
      - videography (Q17438413)33
    - subject bibliography (Q1391116)2
      - legal bibliography (Q6517465)6 1
    - playlist (Q1569406) = http://schema.org/MusicPlaylist 14
    - national bibliography (Q1609353)3 2
    - regional bibliography (Q1609504)11 2
    - bibliographic index (Q2033233)35
      - chronological bibliography (Q1088118)1
      - bibliographic database (Q1789476) = fabio:BibliographicDatabase 63 17
        library catalog (Q856638) = fabio:LibraryCatalog 26 29
        union catalog (Q526334)20 7
        Online public access catalog (Q1982918)5 24
      - short title catalogue (Q7502102)1 1
    - autopsied bibliography (Q2110197)1
    - annotated bibliography (Q4769616)1
    - catalogue of classical compositions (Q5051330)23 1
    - metabibliography (Q6822329)11
      - list of music references (Q19220511)1 1
    - personal bibliography (Q26876682)291
      - catalogue raisonné (Q1050259)94 15
  - Electronic Parts Catalog (Q1665882)1
  - medal table (Q1915979)1332
    - Olympic medal table (Q3890208)56 4
  - digital catalog (Q1988927)2
  - auction catalog (Q1991865)1 3
  - product catalog (Q2038458)2 6
  - records catalog (Q2249973)1
  - thematic catalog (Q2560570)22 7
  - nuancier (Q3346024)12
    - RAL color system (Q369074)17
  - collection catalog (Q5146094)1 2
  - open catalogue (Q7096331)2
  - population register (Q16101780)1
  - recording catalog (Q16832380)1
    - music catalog (Q6941730)5 2
  - credit (Q20820424)1
    - opening credits (Q635115)9
    - closing credits (Q1553078)15
  - terminology registry (Q22692845)4
    - metadata registry (Q3423635)10 4
- conceptual model (Q2623243)216
  - mind map (Q192833)47
  - scientific model (Q193946)5435
    - stimulus–response model (Q448916)5
    - climate model (Q620920)14
      - general circulation model (Q650994)1 18
    - connectome (Q1292103)1 15
    - Solar System model (Q1941852)14
      - planet trail (Q174713)2 4
    - channel (Q5072250)3
    - chemical bonding model (Q5090444)5 1
    - IBM alignment models (Q11784462)2
    - microscopic traffic flow model (Q17144160)1
    - Family model (Q18198888)2
    - psychoacoustic model (Q28445637)1
    - model of memory (Q36973748)2
  - ontology (Q324254) = fabio:Ontology | nkos:ontology4132
    - metamodel (Q1925081)6 11
    - upper ontology (Q3882785)6 3
    - process ontology (Q7247296)1
    - soft ontology (Q7554009)1
    - weak ontology (Q7977959)1
  - reference model (Q356674)2 4
  - systems architecture (Q477538)110
    - software architecture (Q846636)628
      - client-server (Q146813)44
      - service oriented architecture (Q220644)1 36
        Microservices (Q18344624)8
      - Event-driven architecture (Q991296)9
      - enterprise architecture (Q1048431)23
      - Database-centric architecture (Q2860294)2
      - browser-sever (Q11148310)1
  - knowledge base (Q593744)1532
    - knowledge graph (Q33002955)3
      - semantic network (Q1045785) = nkos:semantic_network 3 20
        Semantic Web (Q54837)43
        Corporate Semantic Web (Q5172434)1
        semantic publishing (Q7449080)3
        Social Semantic Web (Q7550843)3
        word net (Q2594143)6 1
  - hierarchical temporal memory (Q652594)6
  - concept map (Q830115)26
  - semantic network (Q1045785) = nkos:semantic_network320
    - Semantic Web (Q54837)43
      - Corporate Semantic Web (Q5172434)1
      - semantic publishing (Q7449080)3
      - Social Semantic Web (Q7550843)3
    - word net (Q2594143)6 1
  - data model (Q1172480)1519
    - database model (Q267136)5 14
    - data dictionary (Q1147639)15
    - data schema (Q1397073)3
      - XML Schema (Q16342)2 26
      - database schema (Q632285)13
        star schema (Q1331138)12
        Snowflake schema (Q1345076)11
        star schema (Q1331138)12
      - logical data model (Q17146953)4
    - information model (Q1662581)28
      - database schema (Q632285)13
        star schema (Q1331138)12
        Snowflake schema (Q1345076)11
        star schema (Q1331138)12
    - metadata standard (Q1924747)163
      - bibliographic data format (Q18616720)3 1
    - domain model (Q2262868)6
    - conceptual schema (Q2268965)5
    - application profile (Q3406872) = fabio:ApplicationProfile 1 3
    - canonical model (Q5033354)2
    - GIS data model (Q5227322)1
      - ArcGIS data model (Q5227321)1
    - generic data model (Q5532670)1
    - semantic data model (Q7449052)2
    - standard data model (Q7598341)2
    - White pages schema (Q7995661)1
    - logical data model (Q17146953)4
  - models of communication (Q1416645)10
  - conceptual graph (Q1420493)6
  - conceptual model (Q1634555)2
  - mental model (Q1851867)13
  - economic model (Q2180497)1118
    - macroeconomic model (Q1188791)111
      - large-scale macroeconometric model (Q6489011)1
  - domain model (Q2262868)6
  - cognitive model (Q4382939)9
  - causal model (Q5054567)4
  - semantic data model (Q7449052)2
  - system model (Q12735824)2
  - thesaurus (Q17152639) = fabio:Thesaurus | nkos:thesaurus295
    - word net (Q2594143)6 1
    - microthesaurus (Q29573701)
- classification scheme (Q5962346) = nkos:classification_schema9322
  - taxonomy (Q7211) = fabio:Taxonomy | nkos:taxonomy460
    - genetic classification (Q1972954)3
    - numerical taxonomy (Q8267601)5
  - library classification (Q48473)33 22
  - decimal classification (Q1207369)11 2
  - faceted classification (Q1391014)4 11
  - Russian state classification system (Q4330194)111
    - Russian product classification (Q4330198)2 1
  - shelf classification (Q5008290)3 1
  - universal classification scheme (Q24243801)21
  - specialised classification scheme (Q24249534)32
    - biological classification (Q11398)9107
      - plant taxonomy (Q1138178)10 23
        taxonomy of Narcissus (Q20818018)1
      - syntaxonomy (Q2621880)1 9
      - taxonomy of Archaea (Q2859969)1
      - taxonomy of Chordata (Q2964498)1
        taxonomy of Vertebrata (Q21441352)1
        mammal classification (Q910144)20
        taxonomy of birds (Q19915239)2 2
        taxonomic classification of Passeriformes (Q3368338)1
        Reptilia classifications (Q21441359)1
        Amphibia classifications (Q21441363)1
      - Taxonomy of Anopheles (Q4223049)2
      - taxonomy of Fungi (Q4421014)3
      - classifications of Foraminifera (Q16549505)1
      - Protophyta classifications (Q21441341)1
      - taxonomy of animals (Q26975748)
        Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera (Q163126)10
        taxonomy of Trichoptera (Q2122972)1
        Taxonomy of Banksia integrifolia (Q3516420)2
        taxonomy of Formicidae (Q15885744)1
        taxonomy of Coleoptera (Q16069643)1
        taxonomy of human (Q17146890)1
        taxonomy of Culicidae family of insects (Q18435139)1
    - political spectrum (Q210918)2 42
    - climate classification (Q267474)116
      - genetic climate classification (Q1502102)1 1
      - effective climate classification (Q21473954)2 1
    - classification of wine (Q548492)1 7
    - chemical classification (Q732744)3 8
    - video game content rating system (Q1062352)11 18
    - waterbody number (Q1520859)6 4
    - classification in sports (Q1744559)843
      - age category in soccer (Q438958)1
      - olympic sailing class (Q893182)5 6
      - equestrian sports classification (Q1744558)1
      - disability sport classification (Q3663344)12 4
        para rowing classification (Q4680764)9 1
        Boccia classification (Q4936202)4 1
        Para-alpine skiing classification (Q4992609)10 3
        Disability classification in golf (Q5281189)3
        Disability classification in judo (Q5281190)1
        Disability classification in lawn bowls (Q5281191)1
        Disability classification in sailing (Q5281192)1
        Disability classification in table tennis (Q5281193)1
        Football 5-a-side classification (Q5465786)1
        Goalball classification (Q5575198)1
        Para-Nordic skiing classification (Q7133619)10 1
        Para-archery classification (Q7133625)1
        Para-athletics classification (Q7133626)23 3
        Para-cycling classification (Q7133628)19 1
        Para-shooting classification (Q7133631)2 1
        Para-snowboarding classification (Q7133632)4
        Para-swimming classification (Q7133633)15 1
        Paralympic powerlifting classification (Q7135076)2
        Paratriathlon classification (Q7136196)1
        Sitting volleyball classification (Q7532102)1
        Sledge hockey classification (Q7539620)1
        Sledge racing classification (Q7539622)1
        Wheelchair basketball classification (Q7992082)1 1
        Wheelchair curling classification (Q7992083)1
        Wheelchair fencing classification (Q7992116)2 1
        Wheelchair racquetball classification (Q7992119)1
        Wheelchair rugby classification (Q7992128)1
        Wheelchair tennis classification (Q7992164)1
        Intellectual disability sports classification (Q17145514)2
        Para-equestrian classification (Q28130145)1
        Paracanoe classification (Q28130146)3 1
        Football 7-a-side classification (Q28130147)1
        Cerebral palsy sport classification (Q28134034)1
        Amputee sports classification (Q28134060)9 1
        Les Autres sport classification (Q28134100)8 1
        Wheelchair sport classification (Q28134126)8 1
      - weight class (Q17080472)3 8
        weight class in boxing (Q1326107)22 13
        wrestling weight classes (Q1520639)2
        lightweight class (Q26211786)
      - age category in athletics (Q18762344)5
      - competition class (Q22936940)86
        glider competition class (Q2565860)10 3
        group (Q15088954)3 4
        rally group (Q20107493)1
      - junior sport (Q28107644)4
    - musical instrument classification (Q2748242)2 10
    - steel grades (Q3445240)4
    - Geomorphological division of the earth's surface (Q3507630)3
    - medical classification (Q3518464)303
      - Procedure codes (Q7247163)13 2
    - classification of religious movements (Q3546241)4
    - corporate taxonomy (Q5172500)1
    - economic taxonomy (Q5333554)72
      - job classification system (Q828962)7 1
      - patent classification (Q1308255)8 2
      - industry classification (Q2976602)22 3
      - product classification (Q7247749)6 1
        Russian product classification (Q4330198)2 1
    - military taxonomy (Q6857882)2
      - military casualty classification (Q16861376)6
    - safety taxonomy (Q7398671)1
    - meteorological index (Q22298551)9
      - tropical cyclone scale (Q2513417)1 10
    - astronomy classification (Q25696292)2
      - stellar classification (Q179600)23 60
      - asteroid classification (Q15101896)5
        asteroid family (Q249083)82 28
        asteroid spectral type (Q1750705)19 23
        minor-planet group (Q2332332)1 9
    - language classification (Q33131722)1
      - linguistic typology (Q192625)2 42
        morphological typology (Q1276148)1 15
        morphosyntactic typology (Q3546236)1 4
        prosodic typology (Q33218678)1
        word order typology (Q33219080)4
      - genetic classification (Q1972954)3
  - typology (Q27214933)6
    - linguistic typology (Q192625)242
      - morphological typology (Q1276148)1 15
      - morphosyntactic typology (Q3546236)1 4
      - prosodic typology (Q33218678)1
      - word order typology (Q33219080)4
    - typology (Q784969)5
    - typology (Q917904)11
- terminology (Q8380731) = nkos:terminology51
  - nomenclature (Q863247)1527
    - binomial nomenclature (Q36642)96
    - biological nomenclature (Q522190)1 12
    - numbering scheme (Q2005002)73
      - telephone numbering plan (Q103903)260 71
    - nosography (Q2404232)2 2
    - chemical nomenclature (Q6503924)428
      - Stock nomenclature (Q2428383)6
      - IUPAC chemical nomenclature (Q20826683)3 33
    - anatomical nomenclature (Q13390008)2
    - computer network naming scheme (Q17142164)1
    - binominal nomenclature (Q27431342)1

The number right of each KOS type indicate the number of instances and the number of Wikipedia articles.

Background and References

Voß, Jakob: Classification of Knowledge Organization Systems with Wikidata. In: Proceedings of the 15th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2016), p 15-22. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Volume 1676. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1676/paper2.pdf
Presentation at 15th European NKOS workshop at TPDL, September, 9th, 2016 in Hannover. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.61767
wikidata-taxonomy command-line tool to extract taxonomies from Wikidata