Formacode® Version 14 – Thesaurus of the training and certification offer

The Formacode® thesaurus is an indexing and reference tool for all those involved in vocational training. It was created to translate everyday language into unambiguous language and propose the finest result to a desk search. It is presented as an organized list of standardized terms allowing the search of documents in an information system. Formacode® is useful for companies, training organisations, managers, funders, information relays on vocational training, guidance counsellors, in order to: - Index the fields of training but also the audiences, the pedagogical means and methods, the types of … certifications - Manage databases on training and certification provision - Exploring these databases more easily It is also used in the reference language for describing information on the training offer [Lhéo ](http://lheo.gouv.fr/)(harmonised language for exchanging information on the training offer). Finally, it makes it possible to make a link between training and occupations: A crossroads between job classifications and those that describe training, the Formacode® establishes correspondences with the NSF (Nomenclature of training specialties) and with the GFE (Employment Training Group). These correspondences make it possible to circulate from one nomenclature to another. **Content of the dataset**: the 2024 edition contains files enabling the thesaurus to be integrated into an information system: - The fields of formation of Formacode® (Formacode® descriptors of the 65 semantic fields: for each descriptor: code, denominated in capitals, denominated in rich typo, semantic field, synonyms, business synonyms, generic term, specific terms, associated terms, explanatory note, application note, version note, tree code), - The 5 annexed lists (Professional certificates/Diplomas/Titles; Software/Tools/Applications/Services; Tool words; Countries; Audiences), - The tree codes of the descriptors of the annexed lists (reconstructing tree codes of the annexed lists), - The list of the 14 major domains (grouping of semantic fields into 14 major domains), - Formacode®/NSF alignments (1 file of links established between Formacode® descriptors and NSF codes (Nomenclature of training specialties), - Formacode® / GFE alignment (1 file of links established between Formacode® descriptors and GFE codes (Employment Training Group), - A file to match the descriptors of the previous version of Formacode® (V13) with this version (V14). Useful for reindexing databases, - A technical note (descriptive note of files to facilitate integration into IT systems). **Data format**: Formacode® files are available in .xls, Skos, RDF for integration into databases. The data made available are extracted from the Formacode® database of Centre Inffo. **Data producer**: Centre Inffo is the producer and manager of Formacode® **Contact**: <formacode@centre-inffo.fr> **Licence**: Open License / Open License Version 2.0 **Date of last update of Formacode®**: September 2024 **Update frequency**: Formacode® is updated every 12 to 18 months **Access to data **: the data are available for download on the website <https://www.data.gouv.fr> and on the dedicated website <https://centreinffo.mondeca.com/KB/index> **Temporality**: First edition of the Formacode®: 1977 – First uploaded on data.gouv.fr: November 2024 **Time coverage**: Not applicable **Space integrity**: Not applicable _The Formacode V14® files uploaded in November 2024 were reloaded on 20 December 2024 to correct two anomalies: - in semantic field 244, the INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION PROGRAMMING descriptor 24491 was linked to two generic terms, - in Annex 90000, the descriptor LABELLING INSTANCES HABILITIES BY FRANCE COMPETENCES 95020 was linked to two generic terms._