K-KOS Open Archives

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K-KOS Project

The K-KOS Open Archive is a platform developed by the Hansung University K-KOS Metadata Project Team. It aims to establish a K-KOS (Korean KOS) registry for the integrated management of KOS metadata in Korea and to link KOS information globally.

For more information, visit the K-KOS Blog

Contact : kos@semantica.kr

KOS Index

• Browse KOS by Title
• Browse KOS by Organization
• Browse KOS by Platform
• Browse KOS by Classification

↳ BRM / KDC / DDC / ILC

KOS RFP Index

• Browse RFP by Title
• Browse RFP by Organization

K-KOS in BARTOC

• Explore BARTOC entries associated with K-KOS

Research

• Yoon, SoYoung, Gnoli, Claudio, & Park, Ziyoung (2025). Applying Integrative Levels Classification to Korean KOS Registry: bridging phenomena and knowledge systems. AIDA informazioni, 3-4, 211-236.
• Park, Ziyoung (2025). Co-creating with GenAI and expert review: empowering KOS projects through design, automation and recommendation. (Presented at ISKOUK 2025 Conference).7 OCTOBER 2025 (Time zone BST).
• Lee, Jae Yun (2025). Analyzing the Multidisciplinarity and Knowledge Exchange of Taxonomy Research in Korea. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 59(3), 5-31.

• Park, Ziyoung (2025). AI for KOS Discovery: Refining Search, Recommendation, and Hallucination Mitigation. Knowl. Organ. 2025, 52(4), 45889. https://doi.org/10.31083/KO45889.

• Lee Hye Won & Park Ziyoung (2025). Developing a KOS Lifecycle Model: Focusing on the Public Sector. The Journal of Humanities, 46(1), 134-157.

• Lee, Jae Yun (2024). Triangle Betweenness Centrality in Weighted Directed Networks. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 41(3), 511-533.

• Park, Ziyoung (2024). A Comparative Study of Classification Systems for Organizing a KOS Registry. Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science, 58(2), 269-288.

• Park, Ziyoung (2024). Improving the Records Classification System Based on the Business Reference Model (BRM) Through an Analysis of Legislative Classification System Types. Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management, 24(2), 139-163.

• Park, Ziyoung, Lee, Hye Won & Lee, Jae Yun (2024). KOS Meta Information - link Classification, Catalogue, and Index 61th KLA(Korean Library Association) General Conference. workshop. 2025.10.17.(Thr.). Kangwon Land High1 Resort Diamond Room(no. 9).

• Park, Ziyoung, Yoon, SoYoung, Lee, Hye Won & Lee, Jae Yun (2024). A Study on Building KOS Registry. 31th the Korean Society for Information Management Conference. 2024.8.22. Yonsei Univ. Widang Bldg. 6th Centennial Memorial Hall.

• Park, Ziyoung (2023). "Aggregating distributed KOSs: enriching with meta information and linking to the multilingual KOS registry", The Electronic Library, 41(6), 755-769. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-06-2023-0168.

Conference Presentations and Special Lectures

• 2026-01-12. Special Lecture: K-KOS Open Archive: TALK 2026-1 (Center for Science Studies, Yonsei University) [Go to Info Page][Institute for Science Studies, Yonsei University]
• 2025-10-07. Conference Presentation: Co-creating with GenAI and expert review: empowering KOS projects through design, automation and recommendation (ISKO UK 2025) [Go to Conference Page]
• 2025-04-10. Conference Presentation: Applying Integrative Levels Classification to Korean KOSs: Bridging Phenomena and Knowledge Systems. (ISKO Italy 2025) [Go to Conference Page]
• 2024-10-17. Conference Presentation (Session). KOS Meta Information — Connecting Classification, Cataloging, and Indexing (The 61st National Library Conference)
• 2024-08-22. Conference Presentation (Session). Research on Building a KOS Registry (The 31st Korean Society for Information Management Annual Conference)