@inproceedings{walhain-etal-2025-eurovoc,
    title = "The {E}uro{V}oc Thesaurus: Management, Applications, and Future Directions",
    author = "Walhain, Lucy  and
      Albouze, S{\'e}bastien  and
      Gerencs{\'e}r, Anik{\'o}  and
      Paunescu, Mihai  and
      Tzouvaras, Vassilis  and
      Palma, Cosimo",
    editor = "Alam, Mehwish  and
      Tchechmedjiev, Andon  and
      Gracia, Jorge  and
      Gromann, Dagmar  and
      di Buono, Maria Pia  and
      Monti, Johanna  and
      Ionov, Maxim",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Language, Data and Knowledge",
    month = sep,
    year = "2025",
    address = "Naples, Italy",
    publisher = "Unior Press",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/ldl-25-ingestion/2025.ldk-1.34/",
    pages = "340--350",
    ISBN = "978-88-6719-333-2",
    abstract = "40 This paper provides a comprehensive overview of EuroVoc, the European Union{'}s multilingual thesaurus. The paper highlights EuroVoc{'}s significance in the legislative and publications domain, examining its applications in improving information retrieval systems and multi-label text classification methods. Various technological tools developed specifically for EuroVoc classification, including JEX, PyEuroVoc, and KEVLAR, are reviewed, demonstrating the evolution from basic classification systems to sophisticated neural architectures. Additionally, the paper addresses the management practices managing EuroVoc{'}s continuous updating and expansion through collaborative tools such as VocBench, emphasising the role of interinstitutional committees and specialised teams in maintaining the thesaurus{'}s accuracy and relevance.A substantial part of the paper is dedicated to EuroVoc{'}s alignment with other semantic resources like Wikidata and UNESCO, detailing the challenges and methodologies adopted to facilitate semantic interoperability across diverse information systems. Finally, the paper identifies future directions that include modular extensions of EuroVoc, federated models, linked data approaches, thematic hubs, selective integration, and collaborative governance frameworks."
}