Linked Open Vocabularies

The "Web of Data" has recently undergone rapid growth with the publication of large datasets - often as Linked Data - by public institutions around the world. One of the major barriers to the deployment of Linked Data is the difficulty data publishers have in determining which vocabularies to use to describe the semantics of data. The Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV) initiative stands as an innovative observatory for the re-usable linked vocabularies ecosystem. The initiative goes beyond collecting and highlighting vocabulary metadata. It now plays a major social role in promoting good practice and improving overall ecosystem quality.