NISO SSOS (Standards-Specific Ontology Standard): A New Resource for Standards Publishers

The NISO Working Group for the Standards Specific Ontology Standard (SSOS) has developed and standardized a high-level standards ontology that describes a limited set of core concepts and relationships, starting with a component to define standards’ lifecycle states. This will facilitate use, create deeper and more consistent discovery and navigation, and set a foundation for other semantic application, such as linked data, within the standards ecosystem. This poster will outline the process undertaken to create the ontology standard, and show next steps for the project and its adoption by standards publishers.