Infoterm, the International Information Centre for Terminology, was founded in 1971 by contract with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the objective to support and co-ordinate international co-operation in the field of terminology.

Members are international, regional or national terminology institutions, organizations and networks, as well as specialized public or semi-public or other non-profit institutions engaged in terminological activities.

In the course of its activities, Infoterm has developed profound expertise in:

• fostering cooperation among terminology institutions, organizations and networks, see Cooperation
• terminology policies and strategies, see Terminology Policies
• legal aspects of terminological data, especially copyright, see Legal Issues
• theoretical and methodological aspects of structured content,
  see Access to Information and Knowledge,
• standardization of principles, methods and applications relating to the above,
  see Standardization.