@inproceedings{MayrTudhopeGolubetal.2017, author = {Philipp Mayr and Douglas Tudhope and Koraljka Golub and Christian Wartena and Ernesto William De Luca}, title = {Editorial for the 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2017)}, series = {NKOS 2017: 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop ; Proceedings of the 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop co-located with the 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2017 (TPDL 2017), Thessaloniki, Greece, September 21st, 2017}, issn = {1613-0073}, doi = {10.25968/opus-1147}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-11479}, pages = {1 -- 5}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), in the form of classification systems, thesauri, lexical databases, ontologies, and taxonomies, play a crucial role in digital information management and applications generally. Carrying semantics in a well-controlled and documented way, Knowledge Organization Systems serve a variety of important functions: tools for representation and indexing of information and documents, knowledge-based support to information searchers, semantic road maps to domains and disciplines, communication tool by providing conceptual framework, and conceptual basis for knowledge based systems, e.g. automated classification systems. New networked KOS (NKOS) services and applications are emerging, and we have reached a stage where many KOS standards exist and the integration of linked services is no longer just a future scenario. This editorial describes the workshop outline and overview of presented papers at the 17th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2017) which was held during the TPDL 2017 Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece.}, language = {en} }