This repository contains documentation and some developer resources for the Universal Category System, a library classification system and file naming convention for sound effects recordings used widely in the motion picture, television and videogame/interactive industries.

What's here?

Some items of interest are:

JSON-formatted UCS Schedules of version 8.2.1 of the UCS in all available languages.
- The tool used to make these JSON files from the original XLS file.
Transcriptions of core UCS documentation into ReStructuredText:
- Tim Nielsen's original UCS File Naming Convention document.
- An unofficial list of released UCS versions.
A link tree to UCS resources.
Zipped UCS Category-SubCategory directory trees in all of the available languages.
- The directory-creation tool that was used to create these trees from the JSON UCS schedules.

Who maintains this?

This repository is maintained by Jamie Hardt. I'm a user of UCS but I don't otherwise have any formal affiliation with Tim Nielsen, Justin Drury or the UCS creators or website.