We taxonomists have long been advocating how a taxonomy of disambiguated concepts tagged to content retrieves more accurate results than search algorithms alone. But if users prefer simply entering text strings into a search box and not browsing taxonomies, how best to support users with a taxonomy can be a…
The Accidental Taxonomist Blog
Taxonomies and Ontologies as Semantic Models
In describing what taxonomies and ontologies are and what they can do, we are hearing the word “semantics” more often. “Semantics” means “meaning,” which is nothing new, and taxonomies and ontologies are not new. What is new is that taxonomies and ontologies are now combined more, and we need a…
Subject Headings vs. Taxonomies
Taxonomies have many similarities but also differences to subject heading schemes.
Tagging with a New Taxonomy
Content tagging should be an important part of an information and content management strategy and not an afterthought.
Synonym Rings (or Search Thesaurus)
A synonym ring is a simple kind of controlled vocabulary that, as the name suggests, has controlled synonyms for concepts and nothing more. I have long included mention of synonym rings in presentations I’ve given with sections listing and describing controlled vocabulary types, and the synonym ring has appeared on…
History of Modern Information Taxonomies
Despite their name, information taxonomies are closer to subject heading schemes and thesauri, than they are classification systems.
Faceted Classification and Faceted Taxonomies
Not all faceted taxonomies are faceted classifications, and not all faceted classifications are taxonomies.
Learning to Create Taxonomies
People who are not professional taxonomists often create taxonomies.
IT and Taxonomies
Taxonomies are related to many fields of work, including knowledge management, information architecture, website design, website marketing at SEO, document management, terminology management, publishing, product management (for information products), content management and strategy, digital asset management, machine learning for classification, natural language processing for auto-tagging, data management, library and information…
Generative AI at Taxonomy Boot Camp Conference
Generative AI and large language models (LLMs), the technology behind ChatGPT, have been topics of presentations, keynotes, and attendees’ conversations at all the varied conferences I had the fortune to attend this year, including the Taxonomy Boot Camp conference held November 6-7, in Washington, DC. Taxonomy Boot Camp is the…