A taxonomy is a collection of terms (words), each of which represents some part of a domain or enterprise. Taxonomies are commonly used to label documents in a given domain. Individual terms in a taxonomy are often grouped into categories that represent a particular aspect or facet of the domain. This categorization gives shape and structure to the entire collection of terms and is itself part of the taxonomy.
Example of a simple taxonomy: | Domain: Imaginary organization that makes widgets |
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| Departments | Office Locations | Employee Status | Current Projects | Past Projects |
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| Accounting | Jupiter | Full time | Widget C | Widget A | | Human Resources | Mars | Part time | Widget D | Widget B | | Marketing | Saturn | Contract | Widget E | | | Widget Design | Venus | | Widget F | | | Widget Production | | | | | | 
