What is Taxonomy

Categorization that uses inductive and empirically driven methods to identify similarities and assign corresponding cases into groups. These sets of similar groups are built into larger groups, allowing for comparison between and among groups across dimensions.

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost) to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models subsumption (IS-A and/or PART-OF) relations between a concept and its father. Tree taxonomies can be extended to support multiple inheritances (i.e., a concept having several fathers).

From the Greek taxis (for arrangement, order) and nomos (law): Every serious taxonomy is an organizational scheme that includes a system representing structure, order, and relationship. Some form of hierarchical structure is generally defined, but this may be multidimensional and nonlinear in form. The purpose, domain, attributes and granularity of schema vary, but all taxonomies attempt to provide a robust (i.e., logical, coherent, cohesive, internally consistent) architecture. Prominent examples include the widely adopted schema of Carl Linnaeus (biology) and Dmitrii Mendeleev (The Periodic Table of Elements). Most taxonomies contain their own nomenclature for describing the taxons (singular) and taxa (plural) that correspond to formal units in the classification scheme, such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species (adapted from Linnaeus). Taxonomies may evolve over time. Neither systems of Linnaeus or Mendeleev are exactly in the original form when they were first presented, but they are fundamentally and substantially the same in all relevant aspects and overall structure, changing only as our knowledge of science changed over time to add additional granularity to the taxons and taxa of their brilliantly original and enduring descriptive taxonomies.

A definitional hierarchy of concepts. Traditional taxonomies are tree-structured (a concept is assumed to have exactly one superconcept and multiple subconcepts). The higher a concept is positioned in the definitional hierarchy, the more individuals it describes (the comprehension of the concept), but the less definitional properties are needed (the meaning of a concept). Modern taxonomies are often poly-hierarchical, these are also called facetted taxonomies.

An XBRL taxonomy is the document that defines the elements that may be used in the corresponding XBRL instance documents. It is the categorisation scheme which defines the specific tags for individual items of data (such as “net profit”). National jurisdictions have different accounting regulations that must be transposed into their own XBRL taxonomy for financial reporting.

Segmentation and classification of elements into a hierarchic category system on the basis of defined relations.

a classification

The science or technique of classification. In this article, it refers to the most talked about Bloom’s Taxonomy, which contains six levels ranging from knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The six levels also represent both lower order thinking skills and higher order thinking skills. Bloom’s taxonomy has proved useful and helpful in curriculum and program development.

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost) to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models IS-A and/or PART-OF relations between a concept and its father. Tree taxonomies can be extended to support multiple inheritance (i.e., a concept having several fathers).

Taxonomy is comprised of a hierarchy of concepts linked by a transitive subsumption relation (often called isA or subClassOf) whereby each instance of a class can be inferred.

Scheme of classification, used to organize and index complex issues as, for example, the knowledge on the telemedicine.

(is-a) : An ordered list of taxa or categories. A subordinate taxon (category) inherits the defining characteristics of its superordinate (parent) taxon. Example : An automobile has all the characteristics of its superclass, vehicle , but not of its sibling class truck .

The practice and science of classifying things or concepts, including the principles that underlie such classification.

The naming and classification of organisms.

A system for naming and organizing things, especially plants and animals, into groups that share similar qualities.

A system for naming and organising things, especially plants and animals, into groups that share similar qualities.

A classification.

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost), to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models subsumption (e.g., IS-A and/or PART-OF) relations between a concept and its father.

The science and practice of classification and ordering classes according to principles.

Categorization or classification.

Taxonomy is comprised of a schema file or links and direct link links mentioned in this scheme. The taxonomy scheme together with the link files defines the concepts and relationships that form the basis of the taxonomy. The set of relationships, schemas, and relationship files is taxonomy.

A scheme (a tree structure) of a categorization and hierarchical classification of things or concepts in given area.

A system of categorization. Often, but not always, hierarchical.

A method of organizing information in a hierarchical structure using a set of vocabulary terms.

A taxonomy is a classification of things or concepts, often in a hierarchical manner.

Taxonomy is comprised of a hierarchy of concepts linked by a transitive subsumption relation (often called isA or subClassOf) whereby each instance of a class can be inferred to be an instance of all parent classes. Taxonomies are strict hierarchies: each class has at most one parent.

Often used for a review of a new area to classify or arrange the collection of emerging frameworks.

A branch of science concerned with classification systems.

A classification of learning objectives within education that refers to the organization of different levels of learning objectives for students.

A taxonomy is a hierarchical structure displaying parent-child relationships (a classification). A taxonomy extends a vocabulary and is a special case of a the more general ontology.

A system of classification according to predefined specific criteria.

It refers to the science or technique of classification. In this chapter, it refers to Bloom’s taxonomy which includes six levels: 1, Knowledge; 2, Comprehension; 3, Application; 4, Analysis; 5, Synthesis; and 6, Evaluation.

This means placing things into group or categories.

Taxonomy is the science and practice of classification. Taxonomies are used when categorizing real-life as well as artificial phenomenon and the aim is to make systematic studies easier.

According to the definition by ANSI/NISO (2005), taxonomy is a collection of controlled vocabulary terms organized into a hierarchical structure with each term having one or more parent/child (broader/narrower) relationships to others. It gives a high level view of contents systematically and provides users a roadmap for discovering knowledge available. Taxonomies can appear as lists, trees, hierarchies, polyhierarchies, matrices, facets, or system maps.

A hierarchical structure within which related items are organized, classified, or categorized, thus illustrating the relationships between them.

A scheme of classification.

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost) to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models subsumption (IS-A and/or PART-OF) relations between a concept and its father. Tree taxonomies can be extended to support multiple inheritance (i.e., a concept having several fathers).

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost) to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models subsumption (IS-A and/or PART-OF) relations between a concept and its father. Tree taxonomies can be extended to support multiple inheritance (i.e., a concept having several fathers).

A hierarchical organization of concepts going from the most general (topmost) to the most specific concepts. A taxonomy supports abstraction and models subsumption (IS-A and/or PART-OF) relations between a concept and its father. Tree taxonomies can be extended to support multiple inheritances (i.e., a concept having several fathers).

Is the classification or categorization of items, concepts or fields.

This is a scientific classification system (for example, botany). In this context it is used to describe the properties, attributes or parameters that are associated with a lesson to categorise the lesson. It is used for search and reporting.

A classification system. Provides the basis for organizing objects for identification, retrieval and research purposes.

Any system of categories used to organize something, including documents, often less comprehensive than a thesaurus.

a classification