@inproceedings{MayrTudhopeGolubetal.2016, author = {Philipp Mayr and Douglas Tudhope and Koraljka Golub and Christian Wartena and Ernesto William De Luca}, title = {Editorial for the 15th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2016)}, series = {NKOS 2016 : Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop ; Proceedings of the 15th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2016) co-located with the 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2016 (TPDL 2016), Hannover, Germany, September 9, 2016.}, doi = {10.25968/opus-1113}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-11130}, pages = {1 -- 6}, year = {2016}, 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 Organisation 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 15th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Workshop (NKOS 2016) in Hannover, Germany.}, language = {en} }