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