[ Taxonomy ]

Taxonomy is the practise and science of categorising and classification.  A taxonomy is a scheme or map applicable to a specific context.  For example:  the organisation of your email folders is a taxonomy; same with all those folders on your laptop.

We use taxonomies in our work all the time, whether we realise it or not.  Though they usually aren’t very well developed, or they don’t reflect efficient organisational storage.

Taxonomies help us find the information we’re searching for.  Though I’d prefer a different word for it; taxonomy makes me think of taxation. Neither topic tends to be very inspiring.