Frequently Asked Questions

What's the connection with the "Network of Terms" ("Termennetwerk")?

• The "Network of Terms", is a federated search engine on top of cultural heritage (SKOS) vocabularies. It is a service created and maintained by the Network Digital Heritage (NDE) which aggregates vocabularies crated and used in the heritage sector.
• The SSH Vocabulary Registry is different (broader) than the Network of Terms because it also registers schema vocabularies, not value vocabularies only; but it also includes some value vocabularies.
• The Network of Terms includes mostly vocabularies from the heritage sector, while the SSH Vocabulary Registry (mostly) includes vocabularies from the SSH research domain.
• The Network of Terms and NDE put a lot of effort in getting relevant vocabularies into SKOS and to get collection management software companies to add support for the Network of Terms-based functionality into their products. The SSH Vocabulary Registry also aims to include non RDF-based vocabularies.