中文叙词表本体——叙词表与本体的融合

OntoThesaurus （ Chinese - Thesaurus - Ontology） --An Integration of Thesaurus and Ontology

从网络信息社会对知识组织系统的需求、来自信息科学界和其他相关各界的应对发展现状等方面，详细阐述实现中文叙词表的形式化表示和网络应用的重要性和迫切性。对叙词表和本体的概念进行深入的比较研究，论证将他们合二为一的可行性。阐述直接采用OWL（而不用SKOS）表示中文叙词表本体（OntoThesaurus）的原因，并列出具体的类定义和属性定义。中文叙词表本体共建共享系统OTCSS的多项功能和若干原型系统的实现，证明这些定义的科学性、可行性和通用性。

This paper expatiates the importance and emergency of OntoThesaurus formalization and its application in Internet, with the network information society requires for Knowledge Organization System incrementally and the KOS -related societies are making great efforts to meet the needs. Definitions of thesaurus and ontology are studied comparatively and feasibility of integrating them to form a new kind of KOS （OntoThesaurus） is verified. The reasons for representing OntoThesaurus with OWL rather than SKOS are given, and the OWL classes and properties for OntoThesaurus are defined and listed. The realization of comprehensive functions and several prototypes of OTCSS （ OntoThesaurus Co - constructing and Sharing System ） demonstrates that the definition of OntoThesaurus is scientific, feasible and universal for Chinese thesauri.