Terminology
The Taxonomy Database contains terms or phrases used at the Swedish
labour market. These are called concepts in the database. Each
concept has a unique concept-id, a preferred-label and a type. We aim
to use the terminology of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System
Reference by the World Wide Web Consortium.
Here's an explanation of some of the terminology:
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Concept | A concept can be viewed as an idea or notion, a unit of thought | Data/IT |
| Type | The type of a concept | Occupation field |
| Preferred label | The preferred label for a concept | Key account manager |
| Alternative label | An alternative name of a concept, can be displayed externally | KAM |
| Definition | The explanation of a concept | Working with system development, programming or maintenance of systems and networks |
Some concepts include extra attributes like alternative-labels and ssyk-code-2012.
The content of the Taxonomy Database is constantly improved and updated
by the JobTech editorial team. New versions of the database will be
released at regular intervals. However the data is immutable, none of the concepts are deleted in the Taxonomy Database. A concept that is considered outdated is attributed with a deprecated flag, but it is still available in the API from some endpoints.