The Accidental Taxonomist

The benefits to information users of having content tagged with a taxonomy are great. They include increased accuracy and comprehensiveness ...

A synonym ring is a simple kind of controlled vocabulary that, as the name suggests, has controlled synonyms for concepts and nothing more. ...

The word “taxonomy” was coined in 1813 by the Swiss botanist A. P. de Candolle, who developed a new method of classifying plants. The word i...