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Terminology sources

Catalog​

The list of terminology sources is managed in the Network of Terms catalog, a set of JSON-LD RDF files that describe the sources, their SPARQL endpoints and the queries used to find terms.

Adding a terminology source​

Terminology sources must comply with the Requirements for terminologiebronnen (in Dutch). Most importantly:

  • the source must be available as a SPARQL endpoint
  • basic information must be published for each term, at least a URI and a label.

If you’d like to add a source to the Network, please consult the FAQ.

Terms are searched using textual strings. While this is possible with plain SPARQL (CONTAINS), search performance can be improved by using the SPARQL’s endpoint fulltext search support, usually backed by Lucene.

Fulltext search is supported by: