Building Taxonomies
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Considerations -------------- In building a taxonomy, consideration must be made early in the process as to what kind of format and what kind of process will be employed. In the personal information systems context, the means and structures employed should be limited to those available for free and public use. [OpenTaxonomies] Taxonomies should contain enough detail to allow understanding of the words in a document in relation to their domain of their use, as well as to the individual concepts contained within. Textual Documents ----------------- In any textual document, concepts are encountered which may not be easily or widely understood. These are instances which need classification and clarification and should be the first of concepts to be concentrated on. Methods and Approaches ---------------------- Taxonomies have been delivered in a variety of formats. 1) XTM XMLTopicMapFormat 2) OWL WebOntologyLanguage 3) RDF ResourceDescriptionFramework 4) ... 5) ... These taxonomies usually include a 1) ConceptIndex for navigation 2) ConceptTree for structure 3) ConceptSignatures for identification Taxonomies should be contain sufficient information organized for use applicable to the domain's documents LetLookInto the following: -------------------------- TaxonomyOfEducation BloomsTaxonomy TaxonomyOfBusiness -- Business tools, structures and organizations XBRL - How it works Ways to look at Taxonomies -------------------------- A Taxonomy can be thought of as a StructuralMapping. ExternalReferences ------------------ Wikipedia -- Taxonomies
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