taxonomy

classification of things or concepts, as well as to the principles underlying such a classification, categorization is based on discrete sets, different from meronymy which is dealing with the classification of parts of a whole
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taxonomy

Summary

taxonomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,299 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • taxonomy's based on is recorded as taxonomy[2].
  • taxonomy is a type of classification scheme[3].
  • taxonomy is a type of hierarchical classification[4].
  • taxonomy's Commons category is recorded as Taxonomy[5].
  • taxonomy is the opposite of meronomy[6].
  • taxonomy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taxonomy[7].
  • taxonomy's main subject is knowledge representation and reasoning[8].
  • taxonomy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • taxonomy's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • taxonomy's different from is recorded as taxonomy[11].
  • taxonomy's different from is recorded as thesaurus[12].
  • taxonomy's different from is recorded as ontology[13].
  • taxonomy's exact match is recorded as http://w3id.org/nkos/nkostype#taxonomy[14].
  • taxonomy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/fabio/Taxonomy[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include classification scheme[3] and hierarchical classification[4]. taxonomy is the opposite of meronomy[6].

Influence

Things named for taxonomy include folksonomy[16].

Why It Matters

taxonomy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,299 views/month).[1] taxonomy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] taxonomy is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for taxonomy include folksonomy[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . books.infotoday.com. books.infotoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of classification scheme, hierarchical classification
    Topic's main category Category:Taxonomy
    Different from taxonomy, thesaurus, ontology
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4180100
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12632, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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