The first alpha version of Skosmos 3 has been published! This release provides a peek into the upcoming next major version of the Skosmos publishing tool for SKOS controlled vocabularies.

The release features a reimplemented front-end with a fresh layout and improved accessibility, as well as many architectural improvements and modernization of the codebase.

https://github.com/NatLibFi/Skosmos/releases/tag/v3.0-alpha.1

Who's working the most higher-order #classification systems of things in the world? Systematics in biology work on classifying all living things. Every field has their own classification systems. Is there a field that integrates those classification systems to create a "taxonomy of everything"? When I search for that concept I'm pointed towards people working on #SemanticWeb - I'm curious if there are any good sources out there to read up on, especially actual attempts/examples! #taxonomy

Is there a data structure that can sensibly handle multiple hierarchical classification systems?

e.g. an Orange, in terms of phylogeny is
Plantae->Eudicot->...->Citrus->sinensis

and in terms of usefulness, is
Thing->Food->fruit->orange
(and it could have multiple parents in this taxonomy, e.g. cleaning product)

Bonus points for cool visualisations of this kind information.

New review: How is the living world organized and classified? Encyclopaedic in scope yet compelling to read, the deeply researched Kingdoms, Empires, & Domains is an 851-page behemoth that surveys 26 centuries of our changing understanding.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/01/17/book-review-kingdoms-empires-domains-the-history-of-high-level-biological-classification/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm #Classification #Genetics #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Microbiology #Phylogenetics #ScalaNaturae #Taxonomy #Zoophyta @bookstodon

Calculating Empires – A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
https://calculatingempires.net/

Check out this astonishing large-scale research visualization that explores how technical & social structures co-evolved over five centuries - focusing on 4 themes: communication, computation, classification, & control. Definitely use your largest screen!

First #trans #athlete at #ParalympicGames says her #participation ‘is an #important #symbol of #inclusion’

Sprinter #ValentinaPetrillo, 50, was chosen to represent #Italy in #Paraathletics at the #Paris 2024 #Paralympics and will compete in the women's #T12 #classification for #athletes with #visual #impairments.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/transgender-athlete-paralympics/

I've started making a text classification library in Go. It's VERY WIP, but I think that there could be some interesting results once I add things to it. (and maybe redesign the entirety of it if needed in the future)

Source code: https://codeberg.org/autodni/silt

#MedicalExaminer Releases a #CauseofDeath for #NonBinary #Teen #NexBenedict

Their #family urges the #public to continue #callingforjustice for Benedict despite the “#classification” of their #death, the #injuries Benedict sustained during the #assault were #physically #significant.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://taggmagazine.com/cause-of-death-nex-benedict/

Does anyone want a dataset of MDNI fedi accounts? One of the things that I do when blocking MDNI accounts is putting some basic info into a spreadsheet, and now, using a Python script, I have some JSON files with the same data as well.

Climatic analogs for some US urban areas in the late 21st century:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08540-3 @climate

#decompwlj It's a decomposition of positive integers. The weight is the smallest such that in the Euclidean division of a number by its weight, the remainder is the jump (first difference, gap). The quotient will be the level. So to decompose a(n), we need a(n+1) with a(n+1)>a(n) (strictly increasing sequence), the decomposition is possible if a(n+1)<3/2×a(n) and we have the unique decomposition a(n) = weight × level + jump.

We see the fundamental theorem of arithmetic and the sieve of Eratosthenes in the decomposition into weight × level + jump of natural numbers. For natural numbers, the weight is the smallest prime factor of (n-1) and the level is the largest proper divisor of (n-1). Natural numbers classified by level are the (primes + 1) and natural numbers classified by weight are the (composites +1).

For prime numbers, this decomposition led to a new classification of primes. Primes classified by weight follow Legendre conjecture and i conjecture that primes classified by level rarefy. I think this conjecture is very important for the distribution of primes.

It's easy to see and prove that lesser of twin primes (>3) have a weight of 3. So the twin primes conjecture can be rewritten: there are infinitely many primes that have a weight of 3.

I am not mathematician so i decompose sequences to promote my vision of numbers. By doing these decompositions, i apply a kind of sieve on each sequences.

https://oeis.org/wiki/Decomposition_into_weight_*_level_%2B_jump

Asking for a project - can anyone recommend Python libraries or other machine learning tools or services for labelling things depicted in illustrations from books? Largely 19th century images, I think.

I am looking for theoretical pieces on the philosophy behind AI classification (e.g. its relation to Aristotle's & Wittgenstein's ideas about classification), any recommendations?

Appreciate boosts.