I S K O
International Society for Knowledge Organization
This is the official website for ISKO – the premier international scholarly society devoted to the theory and practice of knowledge organization, bringing together professionals from different disciplines such as information science, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science, as well as special domains such as health informatics. ISKO's world-wide reach is supported through its regional Chapters.
ISKO hosts an international conference in even-numbered years. It last met in Wuhan, China, in March of 2024 and will meet again in 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil. Proceedings of international conferences are listed here. In odd-numbered years most of ISKO's regional chapters host conferences; many of these are multilingual.
ISKO publishes the journal Knowledge Organization eight times a year. ISKO also is publishing an online encyclopedia of knowledge organization. We have provided a database of KO literature and link to a repository of KO documents, to BARTOC KO registry and to other organizations of interest to KO scholars.
News
Recently published (older)
Knowledge organization. 52. Issue 6 now available with open access
Semantic primitives and Classification Research Group (ISKO Encyclopedia of KO)
UK ISKO Conference. 8
NKOS Workshop. 2025
Golem Ontology for narrative and fiction
Interdisciplinary collaboration in digital history: impact of classification
Knowledge Organization starter pack (BlueSky)
Collections and subject areas of scientific journals in Scopus and Web of Science (SDC)
The elusive essence: a philosophical interrogation of phenomenon-based KO (JASIST)
The Linnaean revolution: a history of the Natural System (Taxon)
KO au défi des nouveaux espaces de savoir(s) (ISKOF)
A cultural history of higher learning
Coming KO events (ISKO only — by year/country)
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