Taxonomy and Information Architecture Primer
Information Architecture: Integrating search, tagging, taxonomy and user interfaces
This report focuses on the taxonomy and classification components of an enterprise information architecture.
The objectives of this report are to:
- Define taxonomy and classification and position their functionality within an integrated information architecture
- Provide an education on examples of technology approaches to taxonomy generation and automated classification
Outline of the IA Primer: Information Architecture: Integrating search, tagging, taxonomy and user interfaces
- Introduction
- An Eternal problem
- Defining Taxonomy and Classification
- Toward an Information Architecture
- Why a Corporate Taxonomy
- Towards and Integrated Information Architecture – Taxonomy and Search
- The Challenge of Taxonomy Design and Construction
- Taxonomy and Classification Technology
- Determining Your Taxonomy and Classification Requirements
- Design Considerations
- Exposing the Taxonomy
- Standards