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70 data model standards at the code system layer. Every one confirmed against its steward's own site.

Standard Steward Origin Domain Access Modernity
AGROVOC FAO of the United Nations International Agriculture open 69.0 Modernizing
ATC Classification (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical) WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology — Pharma spec sold —
Basel Convention waste codes Basel Convention Secretariat / UNEP — Waste — —
CAIP (Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals) Chain Agnostic Standards Alliance — Crypto — —
CDF / InChI / MOL / SMILES chemical identifiers IUPAC / Daylight — Chemistry open 71.2 Modernizing
COICOP / CPC / HS product classifications UN Statistics Division International United States Statistics open —
CPT and HCPCS (Current Procedural Terminology) American Medical Association / CMS United States national body Healthcare licence —
CUSIP / SEDOL CUSIP Global Services / LSEG International Finance licence —
Cellosaurus SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Switzerland Medical Biotechnology spec sold 49.2 Legacy
DTI (Digital Token Identifier) ISO 24165 DTIF / ANNA International Belgium Crypto — —
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) OCLC International United States Library licence 38.0 Legacy
ECLASS ECLASS e.V. — Manufacturing licence —
ECLI (European Case Law Identifier) European Commission / Council of the EU European Union Belgium Legal open —
EIDR Entertainment Identifier Registry Association — Media — —
EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities European Commission European Union Belgium Sustainability open —
EuroVoc Publications Office of the European Union Europe Luxembourg Government — —
FIGI (Financial Instrument Global Identifier) Object Management Group / Bloomberg International Finance open —
GMDN and EMDN device nomenclature (Global Medical Device Nomenclature) GMDN Agency / European Commission European Union Belgium Medical Devices licence —
GND (Integrated Authority File) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek — Library open —
Getty Vocabularies (AAT, ULAN, TGN, CONA) Getty Research Institute United States Cultural Heritage licence 38.0 Legacy
HGVS nomenclature (Human Genome Variation Society) Human Genome Variation Society — Genomics open —
Harmonized System (HS) codes World Customs Organization International Belgium Customs — —
IAB Content / Audience / Ad Product Taxonomies IAB Tech Lab — Advertising open 74.0 Current
IANA Time Zone Database IANA / tz coordinators — Cross Domain — —
ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases) World Health Organization International Switzerland Healthcare open 85.7 Current
ICF (International Classification of Functioning) World Health Organization International Switzerland Healthcare open 67.6 Modernizing
IPTC Media Topics (International Press Telecommunications Council) IPTC International News — 46.5 Legacy
ISBT 128 ICCBBA — Medical Biotechnology licence —
ISIN / CFI / FISN (ISO 6166, 10962, 18774) ISO / ANNA International Finance spec sold —
ISO 10383 MIC (Market Identifier Codes) ISO / SWIFT International Finance spec sold 36.6 Legacy
ISO 13616 IBAN ISO / SWIFT International Payments spec sold —
ISO 20275 Entity Legal Forms ISO / GLEIF International Switzerland Finance spec sold 50.0 Modernizing
ISO 3166 / 4217 / 639 country, currency, language codes ISO International Switzerland Cross Domain spec sold 29.6 Legacy
ISO 80000 quantities and units ISO / IEC International Switzerland Cross Domain spec sold —
ISO 8601 date and time ISO International Switzerland Cross Domain spec sold —
ISO 9362 BIC ISO / SWIFT International Finance spec sold —
Iconclass Henri van de Waal Foundation / RKD Netherlands Cultural Heritage open —
LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) / ISO 17442 GLEIF International Switzerland Finance — 56.9 Modernizing
LOINC Regenstrief Institute United States national body Healthcare open 60.7 Modernizing
LanguaL LanguaL / EuroFIR Belgium Food — 44.6 Legacy
Library of Congress Classification (LCC) Library of Congress United States national body Library open 43.2 Legacy
MLCommons AI Safety / risk taxonomies MLCommons / NIST AI RMF International United States AI — —
Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) American Mathematical Society / zbMATH United States national body Mathematics licence —
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) US National Library of Medicine United States national body Healthcare open —
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) US Census Bureau / Statistics Canada / INEGI, under OMB — Government open —
NCBI Taxonomy (NCBITaxon) NCBI / OBO Foundry edition — Biology open —
National Drug Code (NDC) US Food and Drug Administration United States national body Pharma — —
O*NET / ESCO occupational taxonomies US DOL / European Commission European Union Belgium HR open 67.9 Modernizing
Package URL (purl) purl-spec community / OpenSSF International United States Software Supply Chain open 79.6 Current
RCRA hazardous waste codes (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) US Environmental Protection Agency — Waste — —
RxNorm US National Library of Medicine United States national body Healthcare open 72.8 Current
SDG Indicator Framework (Sustainable Development Goals) UN Statistics Division International United States Development open —
SIC / ISIC / NACE (industry classifications other than NAICS) UN Statistics Division (ISIC) / Eurostat (NACE) / US SEC and UK ONS (SIC) International Luxembourg Government — —
SMDG codes (container terminals) SMDG — Logistics — 64.6 Modernizing
SMPTE Metadata Registry / ST 335 (Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers) SMPTE United States national body Media spec sold —
SNODENT and CDT dental codes American Dental Association — Dentistry licence —
SNOMED CT SNOMED International International Healthcare licence 46.7 Legacy
SNOMED CT Veterinary Extension SNOMED International / VTSL International Veterinary — —
Thema and BISAC subject codes EDItEUR / BISG International United Kingdom Publishing licence 37.7 Legacy
UCUM (Unified Code for Units of Measure) Regenstrief Institute United States national body Healthcare open 53.1 Modernizing
UDI / GUDID and EUDAMED (Unique Device Identification) US FDA / European Commission European Union Medical Devices open —
UMLS Metathesaurus (Unified Medical Language System) US National Library of Medicine United States national body Healthcare open 70.5 Modernizing
UPRN / UK addressing (Unique Property Reference Number) Ordnance Survey / GeoPlace United Kingdom Geospatial open 65.0 Modernizing
Uniclass / OmniClass / MasterFormat NBS / CSI / Construction Specifications Canada — Construction — —
Unicode CLDR Unicode Consortium International United States Localization open 64.5 Modernizing
Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) UDC Consortium — Library licence —
VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) OCLC International United States Library open —
VeNom Coding VeNom Coding Group — Veterinary — —
Waste: European List of Waste (LoW) codes European Commission European Union Belgium Waste open —
bSDD (buildingSMART Data Dictionary) buildingSMART International International Germany Construction open 81.1 Current
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