[Sigia-l] Difference between Taxonomies and Classification / Classification Schemes

[Christina Wodtke]

The sr. partner at a law firm my father used to work at would tell this
joke: "what's the difference between suspenders and braces? 50 bucks"

Thus it is between classification schemes and taxonomies-- taxonomies is the
pricier hipper webbier name, but they are not actually different. Though
I'll admit I've never seen anyone use the name taxonomy to refer to
alpha-numeric classification.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv2-&ei=UTF-8&p=define+taxonomy

Amy says
"Taxonomies.thesauri.classification systems.synonym rings. We've heard all
of these terms in the context of the Web. As Web sites expand, the task of
organizing them has become increasingly problematic and complex.
All of the terms mentioned above are controlled vocabularies. That means
that they are organized lists of words and phrases, or notation systems,
that are used to initially tag content, and then to find it through
navigation or search."

http://www.lexonomy.com/publications/aTaxonomyPrimer.html



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From: "Melvin Jay Kumar" <melvink2 at myrealbox.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: [Sigia-l] Difference between Taxonomies and Classification /
Classification Schemes


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> Hi,
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> A very good day to everyone.
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> I would like everyone's opinion on the differences between Taxonomies and
> Classification / Classification Schemes?.
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> If you believe they are the same.....I would appreciate it..if you provide
> an explanation, to understand your viewpoint.
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> If you believe they are different...I would also appreciate it..if you
> provide an explanation, to understand your viewpoint.
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> Hope to have an enlightening discussion, one in which all viewpoints are
> considered.
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> Any and all viewpoints are appreciated.
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> I would summarize for the list after the sharing.
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> Thank you.
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> Jay
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