Universal Decimal Classification
UDC is one of the most widely used classification schemes for all fields of knowledge. It is used in libraries, bibliographic, documentation and information services in over 130 countries around the world and is published in over 40 languages.
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UDC Consortium
The UDCC is a non-profit association of publishers established to maintain, develop and distribute the UDC for the benefit of its users. Apart from its strategic, managerial and promotional responsibilities, the UDCC also appoints an editorial team and advisory board to oversee the content of the scheme and contribute to its regular revision in order to reflect new knowledge.
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ISKO UK Educational programme features a UDC Workshop
14/10/2021
ISKO UK has initiated a series of online lectures entitled Knowledge Organization Education (KOED). This autumn's programme started with three KOS Workshops. One of the workshops is "Introduction to Universal Decimal Classification" presented by Aida Slavic, UDC Editor-in-Chief
New book "Linking Knowledge" with chapter on UDC Linked Data
14/10/2021
Chapter 5 "Publishing a Knowledge Organization System as Linked Data: The Case of the Universal Decimal Classification", by Aida Slavic, Ronald Siebes, Andrea Scharnhorst, pp. 69-98. In: Linking Knowledge: Linked Open Data for Knowledge Organization and Visualization. Eds. Richard P. Smiraglia and Andrea Scharnhorst, Ergon, 2021.