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Controlled Vocabulary Update Request
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- OBO Academy. (n.d.-a). Contributing to OBO Ontologies. OBook. https://oboacademy.github.io/obook/lesson/contributing-to-obo-ontologies/
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Building Controlled Vocabularies: From Principles to SKOS Implementation
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Versioning Controlled Vocabularies: Approaches and Recommendations
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- Digital Humanities Advanced Research Centre. (n.d.). The Historical Context Ontology (HiCO) [Ontology]. University of Bologna. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://lab.dharc.unibo.it/skosmos/hico/en/
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Semantic Artefact Mapping: Methodology and Recommended Practices
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