taxonomy

Systematic grouping study

Taxonomy is the science of classification, especially the systematic categorization of living organisms into hierarchical groups—kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

More broadly, any scheme for organizing things into categories: the taxonomy of literary genres, a taxonomy of user behaviors.

The plural taxonomies often refers to competing classification systems for the same domain.

biological

species

Finest taxonomic rank

genusTaxonomic rank above species
familyRelated people together
orderMethodical arrangement or request

class · phylum · kingdom · domain · binomial · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogenetics · taxon

digital

metadata

Descriptive information about content

tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
categoriesGroups of related things

facets · navigation · hierarchy · ontology · schema · tagging · filtering · sorting · sitemap · breadcrumbs

naming

nomenclature

System of specialized terms

binomialExpression with two terms
epithetDescriptive tag for someone
designationFormal name or title

appellation · terminology · naming convention · scientific name · common name · vernacular · synonym · homonym · nomen

hierarchical

rank

Position in hierarchy

tierHorizontal structural layer
levelHorizontal or uniform position
branchDivision or woody limb

tree · root · node · parent · child · nested · gradation · stratum · echelon · superclass

librarianship

cataloguing

Recording items systematically

thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
classificationSystematic grouping by traits
DeweyLibrary classification pioneer

call number · indexing · bibliography · descriptor · cross-reference · Library of Congress

taxonomy

species

metadata

nomenclature

rank

cataloguing

taxonomy

Opposites

Phrases

Categories

Family