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Category: Taxonomy style

Best Practices for Different Taxonomies

January 28, 2018February 4, 2018 Heather Hedden

A question was recently posted to a group: “I’m wondering if anyone knows of a standard for designing taxonomies for industrial components (widgets).” So far, no one has replied. To clarify, taxonomies for different subject areas and different content don’t have different standards. Standards, whether for interoperability, such as SKOS,…

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Standards, Taxonomy style

Capitalization in Taxonomies

April 22, 2013 Heather Hedden

The question often comes up: what is the preferred style for the capitalization of taxonomy terms? Other than all proper nouns being capitalized, there is no strict rule for generic terms. In making the determination, it’s important to address the following questions. What kind of taxonomy is it? How will…

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