[Sigia-l] Taxonomies & Navigation

[Ziya Oz]

Ruth Kaufman:

> A taxonomy is a classification system that can be used to classify things in
> the world -- classify, not address. It's an overlay.

As an exercise: given a set of 'objects', is there one and only one
taxonomy? 

If not, can the notion of having multiple taxonomies approach the concept of
'navigating' that set of objects?

In practice, can taxonomies be designed so that they can also serve as
navigational schemes?

When is a sufficiently structured 'navigational' system not a taxonomy?

Can there be taxonomies without navigational systems?

If taxonomy can describe every instance of its domain's objects past and
present, how is that different from (addressable) navigation?

In a future that's not doc-centric, isn't the notion of 'navigation' just
obsolete?

Just sayin'.

Ziya
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