Controlled Vocabularies and Code Lists¶
Source version 1.2.0. Draft for discussion and validation.
7.2 GS1 Controlled Vocabulary and Code List Publication Profile¶
Purpose: Publish controlled values as resolvable, multilingual, versioned semantic resources.
Applicable outputs:
- Application Identifiers;
- GPC concepts;
- Core Business Vocabulary terms;
- EDI code lists;
- glossary terms;
- regulatory code lists.
Recommended semantic basis: SKOS, supplemented by OWL and GS1-specific terms where the semantics exceed thesaurus relationships.
Required capabilities:
- concept scheme and concept identifiers;
- code or notation;
- preferred, alternative and hidden labels;
- definitions, scope notes and examples;
- language tagging;
- broader, narrower and related relationships;
- exact, close, broad and narrow mappings where appropriate;
- status, effective dates and deprecation;
- scheme and concept provenance;
- hierarchy and label validation.
Example: A GPC brick is published with its code, multilingual labels, hierarchy, inclusion/exclusion notes, mappings to GS1 Web Vocabulary classes, release provenance, JSON-LD/RDF distributions and SHACL validation.