Appendix 4. Content Updates Since Release 4.0

Release 24.2 includes the following:

Release 24.1 included the following:

Release 24.0 included the following:

Release 23.3 included the following:

Release 23.2 included the following:

This release adds two new files, Technology Skills and Tools Used. Developers currently using the “Tools and Technology” file should transition to using these new files instead. The “Tools and Technology” file is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of the O*NET Database.

Release 23.1 included the following:

Release 23.0 included the following:

Release 22.3 included the following:

Release 22.2 included the following:

Release 22.1 included the following:

Release 22.0 included the following:

Release 21.3 included the following:

Release 21.2 included the following:

Release 21.1 included the following:

Release 21.0 included the following:

Release 20.3 included the following:

Release 20.2 included the following:

Release 20.1 included the following:

Release 20.0 included the following:

Release 19.0 included the following:

Release 18.1 contained the following:

This release includes newly developed Detailed Work Activities (DWAs) data, along with broader Intermediate Work Activities (IWAs) and a separate set of Green DWAs. See the report Work Activities Project Technical Report for details (http://www.onetcenter.org/reports/DWA_2014.html).

The 18.1 release contains five new files:

All other files are unchanged from the 18.0 release.

Release 18.0 contained the following:

Release 17.0 contained the following:

Release 16.0 contained the following:

O*NET Database 15.1 – Updating the O*NET-SOC Taxonomy

The O*NET 15.1 Taxonomy Preview Database aligns the O*NET-SOC taxonomy with the 2010 SOC (Office of Management and Budget, 2010). Data from the O*NET 15.0 database (O*NET-SOC 2009) has been incorporated into the new O*NET-SOC 2010 taxonomy, including the new O*NET-SOC codes, titles, and descriptions. For 838 data-level occupations, the data remains unchanged from its publication in the O*NET 15.0 database. This occurs where the O*NET-SOC 2010 occupation is a clear successor of the O*NET-SOC 2009 occupation. There are 6 exceptional cases where data has been aggregated from one or more source occupations.

Changes made to the O*NET 15.1 Database are summarized below. A historical summary of all database changes since the release of the O*NET 4.0 Database are provided in O*NET Database Content Changes 5.0 - 15.1. In the O*NET 15.1 Database, 545 occupations had changes to their code, title, and/or description that are reflected in the Occupational Data file.

In 15.1, changes in the Domain Files fall into three categories:

Release 15.1 contained the following:

Release 15.0 contained the following:

O*NET Database 14.0 – Updating the O*NET-SOC Taxonomy

The O*NET 14.0 database is the 1st database release to reflect the updated O*NET-SOC 2009 taxonomy. This taxonomy update is the second major change to the taxonomy since 2000 with its conversion to a SOC-based taxonomy (O*NET-SOC 2000). This new taxonomy contains an additional 153 New and Emerging (N&E) occupations. For more information about N&E, see New and Emerging Occupations of the 21st Century: Updating the O*NET-SOC Taxonomy (March, 2009). This report and an O*NET-SOC 2006 to 2009 “look-up” file are available for download from the O*NET Resource Center web site (http://www.onetcenter.org/taxonomy.html).

Release 14.0 contained the following:

Release 13.0 contained the following:

Release 12.0 contained the following:

Release 11.0 contained the following:

O*NET Database 10.0 – Updating the O*NET-SOC Taxonomy

The O*NET 10.0 database was the 1st database release to reflect the updated O*NET-SOC 2006 taxonomy. This taxonomy update is the first major change to the taxonomy since 2000 with its conversion to a SOC-based taxonomy (O*NET-SOC 2000). A summary of this update and implementation of the O*NET-SOC 2006 taxonomy can be found in our Updating the O*NET-SOC Taxonomy Report (April, 2006). The report is available for download from the O*NET Resource Center site (http://www.onetcenter.org/reports/UpdatingTaxonomy.html).

Release 10.0 contained the following:

Release 9.0 contained the following:

Release 8.0 contained the following:

Release 7.0 contained the following:

Release 6.0 contained the following:

Release 5.1 contained the following:

O*NET Database 5.0 – First Data Collection Release

The April 2003 release of the O*NET 5.0 Database represented the first database release to incorporate data from the data collection program. It was the first of planned semi-annual updates of the database to update all O*NET-SOC occupations.

Release 5.0 contained the following:

O*NET Database 4.0 – Final Analyst Database

The O*NET 4.0 database represents the final version of an “analyst ratings only” O*NET Database. The ratings for each of the 900+ O*NET-SOC occupations in the 4.0 database were developed by occupational analysts and every occupation contains ratings for the same range of descriptors. The ongoing O*NET data collection program is gradually replacing these original analyst ratings with ratings derived primarily from job incumbents, as well as, ratings from an updated analyst procedure. The database structure and content changes incorporated in 4.0 were made to make the database consistent with data collection program. For more details about these changes, please refer to Summary of O*NET 4.0 Content Model and Database (October 2001) (http://www.onetcenter.org/resData.html#summary)