Taxonomy of topics

What is a Taxonomy?

A taxonomy is a set of concepts organized into a hierarchical structure covering a topical domain. You could think of it as a structured vocabulary. Taxonomies are used to organize and label information, data, or objects in a way that makes them easier to find, analyze, and use.

The structure we use in HermesBase is

• Domain

  • Specialty

    • Field

      • Topics

Examples:

• Domain: Information Technology

  • Specialty: Software Engineering
    • Field: API (Application Programming Interface)
      • Topic: Facebook Graph API

• Domain: linguistics

  • Specialty: lexicography
    • Field: terminology
      • Topic: taxonomy