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The ILO Thesaurus is a compilation of more than 4000 terms
relating to the world of work. Every term is presented in English, French,
and Spanish. Many of the terms are followed by definitions or
explanatory notes.
The ILO Thesaurus, 6th edition, 2005 is available in electronic format in English, French and Spanish.
Print copies of the KWOC (Keyword Out of Context) Index or A-Z Index may be requested from the ILO Library at inform@ilo.org. The indexes are available in English, French or Spanish.
Subject coverage of the ILO Thesaurus
The ILO Thesaurus contains terms on a wide variety of topics related to
economic and social development. Areas of major interest to the ILO are treated in detail.
These include labour and employment policy, labour standards, labour administration, labour
relations, vocational training, social
protection, working conditions, wages, occupational safety and health, small enterprise, the informal sector and human rights in the workplace.
Structure of the ILO Thesaurus
Subjects covered by the thesaurus are grouped into 19 main subject categories or facets:
- 01 International relations
- 02 Social policy, social protection and social security
- 03 Economic development
- 04 Law, human rights, government and politics
- 05 Social sciences, culture, humanities and art
- 06 Education and training
- 07 Rural development, agriculture, forestry and fishing
- 08 Economic activities
- 09 Trade
- 10 Transport
- 11 Financing
- 12 Management
- 13 Labour and employment
- 14 Population, race relations and migration
- 15 Health and safety
- 16 Environmental sciences
- 17 Earth sciences
- 18 Research and science
- 19 Information and information science
Explanations of Abbreviations and Symbols in the ILO Thesaurus
Abbreviations
| BT | Broader term |
| NT | Narrower term |
| RT | Related term |
| USE | Use preferred term |
| UF | Used for |
| SN | Scope note |
| SC | Subject category |
| HN | History note |
| DC | Date covered |
| FN | Full name |
| ENG | English |
| FRE | French |
| SPA | Spanish |
Numbering system
| 01 | Facet number |
| 01.01 | Subfacet number |
| 01.01.1 | Subsubfacet number |
Entries may contain the following elements:
- Descriptor (or preferred term)
- Sequential number
- Facet number
- Synonym (or non preferred term)
- Full name of an organization or programme
- Acronym used as a descriptor
- "Closed" descriptor
- Period of a "closed" descriptor's use in the Labordoc database
- History note (Labordoc database)
- Date up to which the descriptor was used
- Date from which the descriptor should be used
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