The Accidental Taxonomist

Topics related to information management taxonomies posted by the author of the book, The Accidental Taxonomist.

Showing posts with label History of taxonomies. Show all posts

Showing posts with label History of taxonomies. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2024

History of Modern Information Taxonomies

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...

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Heather Hedden: Carlisle, Massachusetts, United States; I am a professional information taxonomist and author of the book The Accidental Taxonomist (Information Today Inc., 2010, 2016, 2022). I design and develop taxonomies, ontologies, and metadata strategies for information management and retrieval. I also teach workshops in taxonomy creation.

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