def conceptscheme_from_uri(conceptscheme_uri, **kwargs):
    '''
    Read a SKOS Conceptscheme from a :term:`URI`

    :param string conceptscheme_uri: URI of the conceptscheme.
    :rtype: skosprovider.skos.ConceptScheme
    '''

    # get the conceptscheme
    # ensure it only ends in one slash
    conceptscheme_uri = conceptscheme_uri.strip('/') + '/'
    s = kwargs.get('session', requests.Session())
    graph = uri_to_graph('%s.rdf' % (conceptscheme_uri), session=s)

    notes = []
    labels = []
    if graph is not False:
        for s, p, o in graph.triples((URIRef(conceptscheme_uri), RDFS.label, None)):
            label = Label(o.toPython(), "prefLabel", 'en')
            labels.append(label)

    conceptscheme = ConceptScheme(
        conceptscheme_uri,
        labels=labels,
        notes=notes
    )
    return conceptscheme