Taxonomy: Document types

Reproduced here is the taxonomy tree of the document types (as of August 2015) used to tag publications on UN Women’s websites. Please familiarize yourselves with these document types.

Items in light grey will be rarely, if ever, used in the Publications sections of our main websites. They are used for the documentation database currently being developed, of which the UN system coordination library is the pilot.

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Research and programme

  • Assessments
  • Best practices
  • Books
  • Case studies
  • Catalogues/directories
  • Data/statistics
  • Discussion papers
  • Flagship reports [for example, Progress of the World’s Women]
  • Literature reviews/bibliographies
  • Manuscripts
  • Policy papers
  • Proceedings
  • Research papers
  • Resource kits

Institutional

  • Annual reports
  • Briefs
  • Codes of conduct
  • Evaluation reports
  • Institutional reports
  • Newsletters/magazines
  • Organizational policies
  • Policy strategies
  • Project/programme reports
  • Strategic plans
  • Voluntary guidelines

Advocacy

  • Brochures
  • Guidance notes
  • Impact stories
  • Infographics
  • Issue papers
  • Media kits
  • Opinion pieces
  • Photo essays
  • Position papers
  • Posters/flyers
  • Testimonies
  • Videos

Learning

  • Manuals/guides
  • Online courses
  • Webinars/screencasts
  • Websites

National

  • Laws/legislation
  • National development plans

Intergovernmental

  • Expert group meeting background papers
  • Expert group meeting expert papers
  • Expert group meeting observer papers
  • Expert group meeting reports
  • Intergovernmental agreed conclusions
  • Intergovernmental background documents
  • Intergovernmental decisions
  • Intergovernmental reports
  • Intergovernmental resolutions
  • International agreements/treaties/conventions
  • Member statements
  • NGO statements
  • Preparatory meeting declarations
  • Preparatory meeting reports
  • Preparatory meeting statements