Taxonomy
The agreed set of categories things get filed under.
Definition
A controlled classification scheme defining categories and their relationships.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
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In plain language
The agreed set of categories things get filed under.
Example
A product catalogue's category tree, or the tag vocabulary used across a research repository.
Local chart
TERM·012 · Region X · Grid C6
This entry and the entries it is stated to connect with. Each line is labelled with what the connection means.
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Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Card SortingRES·005 · Research method
- Information ArchitectureRES·015 · Research method
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.