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 helps keep taxonomy terms organized in a meaningful way.
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 | | | | | |