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

[Karl Fast]

> I would like everyone's opinion on the differences between
> Taxonomies and Classification / Classification Schemes?.

You may find this helpful.

  Controlled Vocabularies: A Glosso-Thesaurus
  by Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel
  http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/controlled_vocabularies_a_glossothesaurus.php


However, although we define thesaurus and CV and related terms,
there is no specific entry for classification. The definition of
thesaurus was derived from the description given by Amy Warner (I
think) who someone else pointed to.


Fred did all the heavy lifting on this one so you can praise/blame
him. 


--karl