The theme of the inaugural issue is knowledge organization and faceted classification. The first issue features the following articles and departments:

• Why knowledge organization plays a key role in enterprise productivity and competitiveness (Philip C. Murray)
• Analysis of the role of bibliographic classification in emerging enterprise knowledge organization requirements (Claudio Gnoli)
• A review of BlueBox's Image Information Toolkit (David Riecks)
• Perspective on trends evident at the DC2003 conference (Joseph Tennis)
• A review of Endeca's ProFind Search and Guided Navigation for the Enterprise (Philip C. Murray)
• The first installment of "The terminology of knowledge organization," an effort to build a reference vocabulary for the multi-disciplinary domain of knowledge organization
• Upcoming events in knowledge organization (both commercial and academic)
• News items of interest in the domain of enterprise knowledge organization and integration

The next issue of BRAKOR will focus on the processes of developing and managing enterprise knowledge-organization systems (sometimes referred to as "corporate taxonomies") and will feature the viewpoints and experiences of several leading consultants. Issue 2 will also contain product reviews, more "terminology of knowledge organization," and our regular departments (news and upcoming events).