A taxonomy is a hierarchical categorization or classification of entities within a domain.
A taxonomy can also be thought of as a clustering of entities based on common ontological characteristics.
Sometimes confused with an ontology, which is a full specification of a domain.
See also: computational taxonomy.
See also: ontology.
See also: folksonomy.
See also: tagsonomy.
See the Wikipedia article on "Taxonomy".
See the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition for "taxonomy".
Singular of taxonomies.
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