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| - | '''Taxonomy''' is the practice and science of [[classification]]. The word comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]], ''taxis'', '[[order]]' + , ''nomos'', 'law' or 'science'. Taxonomies, which are composed of '''''taxonomic units''''' known as '''''taxa''''' (singular '''''[[taxon]]'''''), are frequently [[hierarchical]] in structure, commonly displaying parent-child relationships. | + | |
| + | '''Taxonomy''' may refer to: | ||
| + | *[[Taxonomy (general)]], the practice and science (study) of classification of things or concepts, as well as the principles that underlie such a classification | ||
| + | *[[Taxonomy (biology)]], a field of science that encompasses the description, identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms | ||
| + | **[[Biological classification]], based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors | ||
| + | **[[Alpha taxonomy]], the description and basic classification of new species, subspecies, and other taxa | ||
| + | **[[Linnaean taxonomy]], [[Carl von Linne]]'s original classification scheme | ||
| + | **[[Evolutionary taxonomy]], traditional post-Darwinian hierarchical biological classification | ||
| + | **[[Phenetics]], a system for ordering species based on mathematical similarities | ||
| + | **[[Phylogenetics]], based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors | ||
| + | *[[Chemical classification]], the basal taxonomy of chemical compounds | ||
| + | *[[Folk taxonomy]], the way people describe and organize their natural surroundings | ||
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| + | ==In business and economics== | ||
| + | *[[Corporate taxonomy]], the hierarchical classification of entities of interest to an enterprise, organization or administration | ||
| + | *[[Economic taxonomy]], a system of classification for economic activity | ||
| + | **[[Global Industry Classification Standard]] | ||
| + | **[[Industry Classification Benchmark]] | ||
| + | **[[International Standard Industrial Classification]] (ISIC) | ||
| + | **[[North American Industry Classification System]] (NAICS) | ||
| + | **[[Pavitt's Taxonomy]] classifies firms by their principal sources of innovation | ||
| + | **[[Russian Economic Activities Classification System]] (OKVED) | ||
| + | **[[Standard Industrial Classification]] | ||
| + | **[[United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities]] | ||
| + | **[[XBRL Taxonomy]], eXtensible Business Reporting Language | ||
| + | * [[SRK taxonomy]] in workplace user-interface design | ||
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| + | ==In education== | ||
| + | *[[Bloom's Taxonomy]], a standardized categorization of learning objectives in an educational context | ||
| + | *[[Classification of Instructional Programs]] | ||
| + | *[[SOLO Taxonomy]], Structure of Observed Learning Outcome, proposed by Biggs and Collis | ||
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| + | ==Safety taxonomy== | ||
| + | *[[Safety taxonomy]], a standardized set of terminologies used within the fields of safety and health care | ||
| + | **[[CREAM]] (Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method) | ||
| + | **[[Human Factors Analysis and Classification System]] | ||
| + | **Reason's [[Swiss Cheese Model]] | ||
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| + | ==Other== | ||
| + | *[[Military taxonomy]], a set of terms that describe various types of military operations and equipment | ||
| + | *[[Nosology]], classification of diseases | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Bloom's Taxonomy]] | + | * [[Taxon]] |
| - | * [[Carolus Linnaeus]], the father of systematics | + | * [[Philosophical language]] |
| - | * [[Categorization]] | + | * [[Classification (disambiguation)]] |
| - | * [[Conflation]] | + | * [[Categorization]], the process of dividing things into groups |
| - | * [[Cultigen taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cultivated plant taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Recognition]], a fictional Chinese encyclopedia with an "impossible" taxonomic scheme. | + | |
| - | * [[Chresonym]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cladistics]], the most prominent of several forms of [[phylogenetic]] [[systematics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Folksonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Gellish English dictionary]] / Taxonomy, in which the concepts are arranged as a subtype-supertype hierarchy. | + | |
| - | * [[History of plant systematics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hypernym]] | + | |
| - | * [[Identification (biology)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] | + | |
| - | * [[Knowledge representation]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lexicon]] | + | |
| - | * [[Linnaean taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nosology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ontology (information science)|Ontology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ontology learning]] | + | |
| - | * [[Paint]] | + | |
| - | * [[Phylogenetic]] | + | |
| - | * [[Plant morphology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Biological classification]] | + | |
| - | * [[Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[SOLO Taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Species problem]] | + | |
| - | * [[Systematics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Taxocene]] | + | |
| - | * [[Taxonomic database]] | + | |
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Taxonomy may refer to:
- Taxonomy (general), the practice and science (study) of classification of things or concepts, as well as the principles that underlie such a classification
- Taxonomy (biology), a field of science that encompasses the description, identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms
- Biological classification, based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors
- Alpha taxonomy, the description and basic classification of new species, subspecies, and other taxa
- Linnaean taxonomy, Carl von Linne's original classification scheme
- Evolutionary taxonomy, traditional post-Darwinian hierarchical biological classification
- Phenetics, a system for ordering species based on mathematical similarities
- Phylogenetics, based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors
- Chemical classification, the basal taxonomy of chemical compounds
- Folk taxonomy, the way people describe and organize their natural surroundings
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In business and economics
- Corporate taxonomy, the hierarchical classification of entities of interest to an enterprise, organization or administration
- Economic taxonomy, a system of classification for economic activity
- Global Industry Classification Standard
- Industry Classification Benchmark
- International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC)
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- Pavitt's Taxonomy classifies firms by their principal sources of innovation
- Russian Economic Activities Classification System (OKVED)
- Standard Industrial Classification
- United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities
- XBRL Taxonomy, eXtensible Business Reporting Language
- SRK taxonomy in workplace user-interface design
In education
- Bloom's Taxonomy, a standardized categorization of learning objectives in an educational context
- Classification of Instructional Programs
- SOLO Taxonomy, Structure of Observed Learning Outcome, proposed by Biggs and Collis
Safety taxonomy
- Safety taxonomy, a standardized set of terminologies used within the fields of safety and health care
- CREAM (Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method)
- Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
- Reason's Swiss Cheese Model
Other
- Military taxonomy, a set of terms that describe various types of military operations and equipment
- Nosology, classification of diseases
See also
- Taxon
- Philosophical language
- Classification (disambiguation)
- Categorization, the process of dividing things into groups
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