Universal Standard Products and Services Classification Code http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/projects/DAML/UNSPSC.daml http://www.ksl.stanford.edu/software/IW/registry/SRC/IW-TEAM.daml Fri Jan 17 16:04:28 PST 2003 Thu Jan 23 17:03:15 PST 2003 This is translated from a previous version of the UNSPSC - Universal Standard Products and Services Classification Code. This description is taken from their website - www.unspsc.org : " The UNSPSC was created when the United Nations Development Program and Dun & Bradstreet merged their separate commodity classification codes into a single open system. The UNSPSC Code is the first coding system to classify both products and services for use throughout the global marketplace. " Please see their press release: http://www.unspsc.org/who.html for more information. Our version is a prototype; we suggest obtaining a current version from www.unspsc.org for any use of this coding scheme. They said this about their ontology: "We have a public version of the UNSPSC code available to view, search or print that is available free to the public. If you are a member of ECCMA you can obtain a downloadable version of the UNSPSC code which is in Excel format. If you would like to become a member of ECCMA you may join online or contact membership@eccma.org for more information." We have asked for use within the darpa program.