The Accidental Taxonomist

Occasionally, people whom I don't know ask me for career advice in the field of taxonomies, but this is not easy to answer. For taxonomy...

I was thrilled to bring together my passions of my taxonomy profession, connecting with people, and international travel on my visit to Indi...

There is considerable overlap between the fields of information taxonomies and information architecture. Both involve information organizati...

Taxonomists and others whose work involves taxonomies have not been a unified professional community. Taxonomy development work is interdisc...

Taxonomies are very valuable, but not always easy to define, and they are described in various ways. They are also interdisciplinary, as tax...

In keeping with the title of this blog, it’s time to check in again to learn more about who taxonomists are and what they are doing. I condu...