The Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications (BARTOC) is a database of

Knowledge Organization Systems Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), concept system or concept scheme is a generic term used in knowledge organization for authority files, classification schemes, thesaurus (information retrieval), thesauri, topic maps, Ontology (information scien ...

. Its main goal is to document knowledge organization systems (KOS), such as classifications,

thesauri A thesaurus (plural ''thesauri'' or ''thesauruses'') or synonym dictionary is a reference work for finding synonyms and sometimes antonyms of words. They are often used by writers to help find the best word to express an idea: Synonym dictionar ...

and

authority file In information science, authority control is a process that organizes information, for example in library catalogs, by using a single, distinct spelling of a name (heading) or a numeric identifier for each topic. The word ''authority'' in ''aut ...

s, at one place, in order to achieve greater visibility, highlight their features, make them searchable and comparable, and foster knowledge sharing. In contrast to other terminology registries, BARTOC includes any kind of KOS from any subject area, in any language, any publication format, and any form of accessibility. In addition, it manages a list of other terminology registries. The creation of BARTOC was motivated by the need to create a bibliography, and teaching information literacy. Since its launch in November 2013, BARTOC has collected information about more than 5,000 terminologies and almost 100 terminology registries until November 2020. A comparative study of terminology types and registries confirmed BARTOC to contain "a relatively sufficient amount of metadata". Its content is available as

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with the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL). A circle of international editors has gathered around BARTOC from twelve countries all across Europe. BARTOC has been approved by the

International Society for Knowledge Organization The International Society for Knowledge Organization, or ISKO, is a professional association for scholars of knowledge organization, knowledge structures, classification studies, and information organization and structure. Publications The Soc ...

. In November 2020 the implementation of BARTOC was moved from Drupal at the University Library of Basel to a new technical infrastructure developed with project coli-conc.coli-conc homepage
/ref> Since then, BARTOC is hosted at the Common Library Network (GBV) in

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