categorisation
Grouping by type
Categorisation is the British spelling of categorization—the act of sorting things into groups based on shared characteristics.
The process is fundamental to how humans organize knowledge: The library's categorisation system made finding books easy.
In technical contexts, it often refers to systematic classification schemes: data categorisation, risk categorisation.
Systematic grouping by traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
systematization · structuring · ordering · filing · indexing · cataloging · codification · standardization
Evolutionary relationships among organisms
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- domainArea of control
phylum · order · family · class · binomial · nomenclature · cladistics · systematics
Storing documents systematically
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- record-keepingMaintaining organized documentation
archiving · compliance · regulation · processing · departmentalization · zoning · tiering · credentialing
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- organizationStructured group with purpose
arrangement · systematization · structuring · ordering · filing · indexing · cataloging · codification · standardization · schematization
phylogeny
Evolutionary relationships among organisms
domain · phylum · order · family · class · binomial · nomenclature · cladistics · systematics · Linnaean
filing
Storing documents systematically
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
record-keeping · archiving · compliance · regulation · processing · departmentalization · zoning · tiering · credentialing · accreditation
categorisationrandomisation
Allocation by chance
disorder · disorganisation · chaos · jumbling · scrambling
categorisationindividuation
Distinguishing one from many
ungrouping · disaggregation · atomisation · differentiation · specification
categorisationintegration
Combining into a whole
unification · consolidation · amalgamation · homogenisation · merging