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Dear IAOS colleagues,
The DDI Alliance has announced the public release of XKOS version 1.2, a free and open specification that facilitates sharing and management of statistical classifications. This tool is used by a number of international organisations.
More information is available in the attached media release or at https://www.ddialliance.org/.
Best regards,
IAOS Team