fore
st ·
know
ledg
e · k
now
-how
· w
ell-b
eing
IUFR
O a
nd G
loba
l For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion
-Sta
tus a
nd fu
ture
Jarm
oSa
arik
ko &
Bar
bara
Hol
der
Finn
ish F
ores
t Res
earc
h In
stitu
te, V
anta
a, F
inla
nd, j
arm
o.sa
arik
ko@
met
la.fi
& F
PInn
ovat
ions
, Van
couv
er, B
.C.,
Cana
da, b
arba
ra.h
olde
r@fp
inno
vatio
ns.c
aSE
SSIO
N: 2
27 K
now
ledg
e ex
chan
ge a
nd co
mm
unica
tion
of fo
rest
rese
arch
for h
uman
and
com
mun
ity w
ell-b
eing
GFD
C, a
n up
date
of t
he e
arlie
r For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion,
was
pr
inte
d an
d pu
blis
hed
in 2
006.
Mai
n fe
atur
es o
f GFD
C
Glob
al d
istrib
utio
nU
ntil
toda
y so
me
600
book
s hav
e be
en so
ld o
r del
iver
ed. A
few
boo
ks
are
still
ava
ilabl
e.
Ther
e is
less
dire
ct d
eman
d in
libr
arie
s as t
he n
umbe
r of s
epar
ate
fore
stry
dep
artm
ents
and
libr
arie
s has
dec
reas
ed d
urin
g th
e la
st 2
0 ye
ars
The
GFD
C to
p ca
tego
ries a
re a
vaila
ble
onlin
e in
51
lang
uage
s thr
ough
th
e U
DC
Sum
mar
y
An
abrid
ged
list o
f cat
egor
ies i
s ava
ilabl
e in
5 la
ngua
ges i
n th
e U
DC
M
aste
r Ref
eren
ce F
ile (M
RF)
.
FPIn
nova
tions
has p
rovi
ded
the
onlin
e G
FDC
dat
abas
e. T
he c
ateg
orie
s ca
n be
sear
ched
by
usin
g th
e m
aste
r num
bers
or a
ny w
ord
or p
hras
e in
th
e da
taba
se. I
t is n
ot p
ossi
ble
to p
rint o
r dow
nloa
d th
e ca
tego
ries.
http
://iu
fro.
forin
tek.
ca/G
FDC
Def
ault.
aspx
The
GFD
C c
lass
ifica
tion
shou
ld b
e pu
blis
hed
onlin
e in
us
er-f
rien
dly
form
ats.
Eas
ier a
cces
s he
lps c
reat
ing
bette
r su
bjec
t spe
cific
met
adat
a an
d se
arch
inte
rfac
es to
fore
st re
late
d in
form
atio
n re
sour
ces.
Libr
ary
clas
sific
atio
ns a
re n
ot d
ead.
Dec
imal
cla
ssifi
catio
ns a
re st
ill
used
in in
form
atio
n re
triev
al a
nd in
libr
arie
s. Th
ey h
ave
a ne
w li
fe in
or
derin
g an
d se
arch
ing
cont
ent o
nlin
e
Link
ing
GFD
C te
rms a
nd c
ateg
orie
s to
exis
ting
agric
ultu
ral o
ntol
ogie
s co
uld
help
in d
evel
opin
g a
fore
st (r
esea
rch)
ont
olog
y.
C
usto
m d
esig
ned
by fo
rest
rese
arch
ers
H
iera
rchi
cal s
ubje
ct d
ivis
ions
St
anda
rd fo
r the
indu
stry
In
tern
atio
nal
D
evel
oped
ove
r 100
yea
rs
Th
e cl
assi
ficat
ion
prov
ides
a la
ngua
ge in
depe
nden
t num
eric
subj
ect
hier
arch
y w
ith 2
752
cate
gorie
s and
an
alph
abet
ical
subj
ect i
ndex
w
ith 4
579
(Eng
lish)
term
s
From
cla
ssifi
catio
ns to
ont
olog
ies
2 Pu
blis
h on
line
with
ope
n ac
cess
GFDC
pro
posa
ls fo
r IU
FRO
The
onlin
e da
taba
se
Cont
act A
utho
rJa
rmo
Saar
ikko
Finn
ish
Fore
st R
esea
rch
Inst
itute
-M
etla
PO B
OX
18,
FI-
0130
1 VA
NTA
A, F
INLA
ND
Phon
e: +
3580
5391
2050
E-m
ail:
jarm
o.sa
arik
ko@
met
la.fi
PLEA
SE N
OTE
: St
artin
g 01
.01.
2015
the
orga
niza
tion
nam
e w
ill c
hang
e to
N
atur
al R
esou
rces
Inst
itute
Fin
land
with
dom
ain
nam
e “l
uke.
fi”
Esta
blis
hed
hist
ory
with
IUFR
O
1903
Plan
s to
crea
te a
uni
vers
al d
ecim
al c
lass
ifica
tion
for f
ores
try19
33“F
lury
” sy
stem
ado
pted
by
IUFR
O C
ongr
ess
1953
Oxf
ord
Dec
imal
Cla
ssifi
catio
n fo
r for
estry
ado
pted
by
IUFR
O
Con
gres
s19
54O
DC
pub
lishe
d by
Com
mon
wea
lth F
ores
try B
urea
ux, n
ow C
AB
I.19
81IU
FRO
gro
up P
6.1-
00 “
Rev
isio
n of
the
Oxf
ord
Dec
imal
C
lass
ifica
tion
for f
ores
try”
1990
IUFR
O p
ublis
hed
“For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion:
Tril
ingu
al sh
ort
vers
ion
”19
92IU
FRO
pub
lishe
d re
vise
d G
erm
an v
ersi
on o
f “FD
K”
2000
IUFR
O g
roup
6.0
3.03
for G
FDC
20
06IU
FRO
pub
lishe
d G
loba
l For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion
in E
nglis
h an
d G
erm
an
The
elec
troni
c da
ta fi
les h
ave
been
requ
este
d by
a fe
w o
rgan
izat
ions
in
Ger
man
y an
d C
anad
a.
1.N
omin
ate
an E
dito
r an
d an
edi
tori
al g
roup
2.
Publ
ishas
Lin
ked
Ope
n D
ata
(LO
D)
3.Pr
ovid
ea
brow
sing
inte
rfac
e 4.
Colla
bora
tew
ith o
ther
glo
bal g
roup
s for
m
appi
ng a
nd li
nkin
g fo
rest
con
cept
s5.
Star
t dev
elop
ing
a fo
rest
res
earc
h on
tolo
gy
Incr
ease
func
tiona
lity
The
GFD
C c
an b
e fo
und
easi
ly w
ith G
oogl
e.
Info
rmat
ion
abou
t the
boo
k is
ava
ilabl
e on
line
and
Goo
gle
dire
cts
sear
ches
on
“For
est D
ecim
al C
lass
ifica
tion”
to b
oth
to th
e IU
FRO
pag
e an
d to
iufr
o.fo
rinte
k.ca
dat
abas
e.
How
ever
, we
shou
ld in
crea
se th
e av
aila
bilit
y of
the
clas
sific
atio
n an
d fu
nctio
nalit
y of
the
data
base
.
1 Th
e Ed
itor a
nd a
n ed
itoria
l gro
up
As a
long
-term
solu
tion
or fo
r the
nex
t int
er-c
ongr
ess t
erm
, IU
FRO
shou
ld g
rant
the
edito
rial d
ecis
ions
and
mai
nten
ance
re
spon
sibi
lity
to a
nom
inat
ed p
erso
n or
gro
up:
w
ho a
re in
tere
sted
in th
e m
aint
enan
ce
who
rela
te to
IUFR
O S
ecre
taria
t or a
Uni
t
the
mai
nten
ance
of S
ilvaV
occo
uld
be a
noth
er p
ossi
ble
mod
el
Task
s for
the
edito
rs:
C
ontin
ue c
olla
bora
tion
with
the
UD
C C
onso
rtium
G
athe
r a n
etw
ork
of v
olun
teer
s
Publ
ish
at le
ast o
ne u
pdat
e in
five
yea
rs
Est
ablis
h an
act
ion
plan
for
deve
lopi
ng G
FDC
into
an
onto
logy
3 Pr
ovid
e an
eas
y an
d fu
nctio
nal i
nter
face
An
easy
bro
wsi
ng in
terf
ace
with
a si
mpl
e se
arch
faci
lity
is
avai
labl
e at
ww
w.fi
nto.
fi, a
n on
tolo
gy se
rvic
e by
the
Nat
iona
l Li
brar
y of
Fin
land
.
4 Co
llabo
rate
with
glo
bal g
roup
sTh
ere
are
seve
ral i
nter
oper
abili
ty c
halle
nges
in w
hich
the
GFD
C su
bjec
t ind
ex h
eadi
ngs w
ould
be
usef
ul:
Li
nkin
g w
ith th
e Si
lvaV
octe
rms.
Li
nkin
g w
ith c
once
pts i
n A
GR
OV
OC
and
NA
L th
esau
ri,
whi
ch a
re a
lread
y pr
ovid
ed a
s Lin
ked
Ope
n D
ata.
Li
nkin
g w
ith L
ibra
ry o
f Con
gres
s Sub
ject
Hea
ding
s whi
ch
are
activ
ely
mai
ntai
ned
5 St
art d
evel
opin
g a
fore
st (r
esea
rch)
ont
olog
yLi
nkin
g G
FDC
with
the
Finn
ish
AFO
ont
olog
y at
the
Fint
ose
rvic
e pr
ovid
es p
ossi
bilit
ies f
or fu
rther
ont
olog
y de
velo
pmen
t
