One of the challenges in creating hierarchical taxonomies is that there can be multiple ways to categorize concepts and thus design hierarchies. There are multiple methods to deal with this, including polyhierarchy and facets. Now that taxonomies are more often extended with ontologies, attributes can also be used for additional…
Tag: Ontologies
Taxonomy Benefits Over an Ontology
In a recent conversation based on a LinkedIn post, someone asked “Why choose a taxonomy over an ontology?” This is a good question, since there has been a growing understanding that ontologies build upon taxonomies by adding more semantics, which enable additional benefits. I have presented at conferences on the…
Named Entities in Taxonomies
I have long felt that there is some uncertainty as to where named entities (names of specific people, places, organizations, products, etc.) fit into taxonomies. Standards suggest one way, and practice tends to follow different way in dealing with these proper nouns. As taxonomy trends evolve so does the position…
Taxonomies for Data
Coming from an editorial content background, I have always valued taxonomies for making content findable, but more recently I have come to appreciate how taxonomies can also play a role in making data accessible and useful. Taxonomies have successfully aided people in finding and retrieving desired content since the 1990s…
Knowledge Engineering and Taxonomies
My latest conference workshop (at SEMANTiCS September 7) on taxonomies and ontologies had in its title “knowledge engineering.” I figured this may resonate more with the audience of computer scientists, data scientists, and Semantic technology and AI experts. People come (often accidentally) to the field of designing taxonomies, ontologies, and…