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This information was last updated on 05/06/2008, and is revision number 2.

Type

Vocabulary

Title

Education and Skills Thesaurus

Description

controlled vocabulary for education and children's services subject terms

Purpose

To support retrieval in Departmental information systems.

Current status

Live.

Location

http://www.multites.co.uk/dfes/

Scope

DCSF

Custodian

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Development

continuous development

License

Crown copyright. Freely available for re-use but no additional services

Conforms

BS 8723, ISO 2788

How Implemented

used in library, EDRMS, intranet. Will be developed for use in internet site. Also used by some organisations outside of the Department.