Taxonomy Guide

Welcome to The Taxonomy Guide

Every day people need to find the right information at the right time to solve an immediate problem. Taxonomies address this need by providing a structure for classifying and locating information.

The Taxonomy Guide is an online resource and learning tool about why and how to build and implement a taxonomy for an intranet or for enterprise content management. This resource has five modules beginning with an introduction to concepts and working through classification techniques, software tools, design stages, implementation considerations, and the planning process. This is described more fully in the Overview.

These modules and their sub-sections are themselves a taxonomy which you can use to navigate the content. The top menubar will be your main point of access to the modules. The left panel shows the Table of Contents for the module being viewed. Help has more about navigation. There is also a Sitemap.

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More Introduction

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What's New

Feb 12, 2011 - All modules have been reviewed and updated to repair links and add new resources, examples, or activities. The Resources page has been substantially changed, as was the Vendor List in the Tools section, and the page of Pre-Built Taxonomies under Design. Newly added resources are marked as New.

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