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Taxonomy

A hierarchial classification.

Also has a specific meaning in library sciece/information architecture. In this context, it means a hierarchy made out of terms in a ControlledVocabulary (for instance, "dog" is a kind of "mammal"). A taxonomy in this context also implies that the data structure specifies synonyms, and that for each list of synonyms it chooses one preferred or canonical term. Another way of putting this is that a taxonomy in this context means an AuthorityFile with the addition of information about broader and narrower terms (superordination and subordination).

In the information architecture/library science context, a Thesaurus is a Taxonomy with the addition of related terms.


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