This post summarizes professional categories taxonomies.
List of Professional Categories Taxonomies
List of professional categories taxonomies:
- ISCO
- ESCO
- ISIC
- NACE
- CPV
- COFOG
ISCO
International Standard of Classification of Occupation (ISCO) is issued by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO).
Official website for ISCO’s Classification of Occupation
ESCO
European Standard Classification of Occupation (ESCO).
Official website for ESCO’s occupations
ISIC
International Standard Industry Classification of all Economical Activies (ISIC) is a publication issued by the United Nations.
Rather than a classification for occupation, it is a classification for activies.
As of 2024, latest version is v4.
NACE
The Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, commonly known by the accronym NACE, has its own list of occupations.
There is correspondance betwwen NACE and ISIC.
CPV
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) is developed by the European Union.
COFOG
Classification of the Fuctions Government (COFOG) is about public sector. It is issued by the European Union.