O*NET 10.0 Database
December 12, 2006 Release
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The current release of the O*NET database is available online at:

http://www.onetcenter.org/database.html

For information on future releases of the O*NET database, visit
the O*NET Development Database page at:

http://www.onetcenter.org/dev_db.html


New in 10.0
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The June 2006 release of the O*NET 10.0 database represents the ninth
release of the O*NET database since its initial release in 1998, but
only the second major change to the taxonomy. The O*NET-SOC 2006
taxonomy includes 949 occupational titles, 812 of which represent
data-level occupations. Details of this update and implementation of
the O*NET-SOC taxonomy can be found online at:

http://www.onetcenter.org/taxonomy.html


For More Information
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For comprehensive information on the contents, structure, and
relationship of the database files, and a history of changes in each
database release, please consult the O*NET Data Dictionary 10.0:

http://www.onetcenter.org/dl_files/DataDictionary10_0.pdf


Files Included
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The following files are included in this release:

Abilities.txt
Content Model Reference.txt
Education, Training, and Experience.txt
Education, Training, and Experience Categories.txt
Interests.txt
Job Zone Reference.txt
Job Zones.txt
Knowledge.txt
Level Scale Anchors.txt
Occupation Data.txt
Occupation Level Metadata.txt
Read Me.txt
Scales Reference.txt
Skills.txt
Survey Booklet Locations.txt
Tasks.txt
Work Activities.txt
Work Context.txt
Work Context Categories.txt
Work Styles.txt
Work Values.txt


Release Information
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December 12, 2006 - Typographical error corrected in occupation description

December 6, 2006 - Typographical error corrected in Content Model

November 29, 2006 - Typographical error corrected in Content Model

November 13, 2006 - Interest high-points corrected for one occupation

June 2006 - initial release


Contact Us
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