Generated Narrative: NamingSystem ISCO08 Summary Defining URL http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ISCO08 Version 1.0.0 Name ISCO08 Title International Classification of Occupations (ISCO) - 08 Status active Definition "The International Classification of Occupations (ISCO) seeks to facilitate international communication about occupations by providing statisticians with a framework to make internationally comparable occupational data available, and by allowing international occupational data to be produced in a form that can be useful for research as well as for specific decision-making and action-oriented activities. The current version, known as ISCO-08, was published in 2008 and is the fourth iteration, following ISCO-58, ISCO-68 and ISCO-88. Since the year 1968, the practice is to revise ISCO every 20 years. ISCO revision can only be undertaken if it is mandated by the ICLS. ISCO-08 revision is currently undertaken by the ILO with the assistance of a Technical Working Group (TWG)." Additional details about ISCO-08 can be found here Publisher The International Labour Organization (ILO) Copyright ISCO is available online free of charge and can be used without prior authorization. Identifiers Type Value Preferred Period Comment URI urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.2.9.6.2.7 true 2026-02-19 --> (ongoing) This is the URL endorsed by the TSMG and is considered authoritative. OID 2.16.840.1.113883.2.9.6.2.7 true
International Classification of Occupations (ISCO) - 08
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Bureau of Statistics in the Department of Statistics.4 route des Morillons, CH-1211, Genève 22, Switzerland
"The International Classification of Occupations (ISCO) seeks to facilitate international communication about occupations by providing statisticians with a framework to make internationally comparable occupational data available, and by allowing international occupational data to be produced in a form that can be useful for research as well as for specific decision-making and action-oriented activities. The current version, known as ISCO-08, was published in 2008 and is the fourth iteration, following ISCO-58, ISCO-68 and ISCO-88. Since the year 1968, the practice is to revise ISCO every 20 years. ISCO revision can only be undertaken if it is mandated by the ICLS. ISCO-08 revision is currently undertaken by the ILO with the assistance of a Technical Working Group (TWG)." Additional details about ISCO-08 can be found [here](https://ilostat.ilo.org/methods/concepts-and-definitions/classification-occupation/)
ISCO is available online free of charge and can be used without prior authorization.
This is the URL endorsed by the TSMG and is considered authoritative.