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Taxonomies vs. Classification

May 18, 2023 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Taxonomies vs. Classification

Understanding taxonomies and how they are used can be challenging, depending on the context and audience. The Accidental Taxonomist brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “Taxonomy Definition.”

Taxonomy is the science of classification – a basic means of understanding the world around us. Creating information order and structure is what a taxonomy is all about. Classifying documents and information against the taxonomy increases the likelihood of document discoverability and creating a positive transaction. A taxonomy is a structured kind of controlled vocabulary. A controlled vocabulary is needed to ensure that machine-assisted or fully automated indexing is comprehensive, regardless of what is to be indexed.

A taxonomy may have two main features (naming and structure), but a taxonomy and a classification system are not necessarily the same.

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Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.