Drupalcon 2009 taxonomy

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intro

  • taxonomy = the science of classification
  • systematic evaluation of evidence
  • lets you label things
  • terms, names, taxon, are all related to each other, hierarchical (parent) associative( related) equivalent (synonym)
  • vocabulary - full set of words that someone understand
  • controlled vocabulary - the full set of things in a particular domain
  • food - breakfast lunch and dinner aren't actually foods
  • good example - taxonomy of languages, CRS Legislative Subject, geonames,
  • standard vocabulary, common reference point

taxonomy, the module

  • classify nodes, create vocabulary
  • on-label vs. off label use
  • book module about order and structure
  • terms can be nested hierarchically, have multiple parents, have synonyms, create relationships to other terms
  • taxonomy_xml module - import previously defined vocabularies
  • tagging not part of the science of taxonomy, term pages, freely classifying content
  • binomial terms - two-term names
  • hook_taxonomy() - do things when term are saved
  • hook_term_path()
  • vocabulary index module
  • get a list of relevant content based on terms
  • taxonomy manager module