{"id":247035,"date":"2026-02-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphwise.ai\/?post_type=fundamental&#038;p=247035"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:56:05","slug":"what-is-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"fundamental","link":"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/de\/fundamental\/what-is-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Taxonomy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hear a lot about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-a-knowledge-graph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">knowledge graphs<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-a-semantic-layer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">semantic layer<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-graph-rag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GraphRAG<\/a>, and increasingly even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-ontology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ontologies<\/a>, as essentially methods for complex enterprise information management and retrieval. Less attention may be given to taxonomies, even though they typically serve as the fundamental backbone knowledge organization structure within these larger systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether your goal is to build an enterprise knowledge graph, a GraphRAG application, or an improved semantic search application, a taxonomy is a key component in any system that enables users to find or discover the information they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Taxonomy.svg\" alt=\"Taxonomy\" class=\"wp-image-245879\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='what-are-taxonomies'  id=\"boomdevs_1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-are-taxonomies\">What are taxonomies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A taxonomy is&nbsp;<strong>a controlled, organized set of unambiguous concepts that describe content, information, or data, and that which users may be interested in querying about<\/strong>. A taxonomy links&nbsp;<strong>users to the information they seek by bringing together various users\u2019 search terms with the terms that occur in the content or data<\/strong>. A taxonomy often provides the values for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-metadata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">metadata<\/a>&nbsp;properties. A taxonomy, whether browsed or searched, primarily serves as an intermediary between users and the content they seek, although it may have other uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a taxonomy, varied terms or labels for the same thing are&nbsp;<strong>brought together in a single concept<\/strong>, and the concepts are&nbsp;<strong>organized into groupings or categories of similar types,<\/strong>&nbsp;often further organized into&nbsp;<strong>hierarchies<\/strong>. This organization of the concepts supports browsing for and identifying the desired concept within its context, whether for tagging or for retrieving information. Prior to the emergence of modern taxonomies in digital environments, indexes at the back of printed books or in collected volumes for journal articles had been serving a similar role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A taxonomy thus can refer to various kinds of knowledge organization systems. So, it may help to clarify what a taxonomy is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='what-taxonomies-are-not'  id=\"boomdevs_2\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-taxonomies-are-not\">What taxonomies are not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although taxonomies have become increasingly common within enterprises and on websites, they are not always well understood by those who want to implement them. To understand a taxonomy, it also helps to distinguish it from similar systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Classification systems<\/strong>: Classification schemes (for example, industrial or medical classifications codes) have mutually exclusive classes to which items are assigned. This allows for comparison, analysis, identification, location, and other actions. Taxonomies, instead, allow concepts to exist in multiple places for discovery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Navigation systems<\/strong>: While taxonomies can be navigated, they are not the same as navigation systems. Taxonomies are more similar to \u201cIndexes\u201d (one concept, many tags) that can be browsed and searched for their concepts and which can grow and change continuously as needed. Navigation systems act as \u201cTable of Contents\u201d (one link per page), common in websites or web applications for browsing, which are not frequently or easily updated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='history-of-taxonomies-for-information-retrieval'  id=\"boomdevs_3\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history-of-taxonomies-for-information-retrieval\">History of taxonomies for information retrieval<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxonomies used by businesses for information management and retrieval have their roots in library knowledge organization systems, such as Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which helped patrons find books and media by subject. Information thesauri emerged in the mid-20th century for the more specialized needs of government agencies, scientific publishers, and large engineering and technology companies, introducing hierarchical (broader\/narrower term), associative (related term), and synonymous equivalence relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word \u201ctaxonomy\u201d for a hierarchical structure of terms used for tagging and retrieval became popular in the 1990s, driven largely by advances in software and web interfaces that enabled interactive browsing of hierarchies. The combination of interactive interfaces with database technology also gave rise to faceted taxonomies \u2014 dynamic filtering of search results by selected taxonomy terms \u2014 which have since become a dominant implementation across many use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To support machine-readability and interoperability of taxonomies in web-based applications, the World Wide Web Consortium published the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) standard in 2009. Most taxonomies and thesauri today are based on SKOS, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/components\/graph-modeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graphwise Modeling<\/a>, which is also interoperable with ontology data models and standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='taxonomy-features'  id=\"boomdevs_4\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxonomy-features\">Taxonomy features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A taxonomy is defined by two primary features: Vocabulary Control and Structure. Together, these transform a simple list of words into a powerful information service tool:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vocabulary Control<\/strong>: Brings together synonyms (for example, \u201ccar\u201d = \u201cautomobile\u201d), under a single concept. This ensures a search on either term retrieves both.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Structure<\/strong><strong>(Hierarchies and Facets)<\/strong>: Allows users to browse from broad to specific without guessing keywords. A faceted taxonomy structure additionally supports searching for or filtering results on multiple aspects simultaneously, giving the user more control over complex search queries. Hierarchies also have the benefit of providing context for more accurate tagging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional, optional features of taxonomies include related-concept relationships (borrowed from thesauri), notes, and definitions for concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1332\" height=\"1149\" src=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graphwise-Graph-Modeling.png\" alt=\"Graphwise Graph Modeling\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graphwise-Graph-Modeling.png 1332w, https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graphwise-Graph-Modeling-1280x1104.png 1280w, https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graphwise-Graph-Modeling-980x845.png 980w, https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Graphwise-Graph-Modeling-480x414.png 480w\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"pac_dih__caption_1\">Graphwise Modeling screenshot showing hierarchy structure in the left pane and vocabulary control in the right pane.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='taxonomy-benefits'  id=\"boomdevs_5\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxonomy-benefits\">Taxonomy benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxonomies have multiple uses beyond hierarchies or facets for users to browse. Most fundamentally, taxonomies support&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/use-cases\/concept-tagging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consistent and comprehensive tagging<\/a><\/strong>. Once content is properly tagged (or annotated, assigned with metadata, or made \u201cstructured\u201d), the benefits extend far beyond traditional keyword matching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/fundamentals\/what-is-semantic-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Semantic search<\/a><\/strong>: User queries are matched to semantics (meaning) of the taxonomy concept rather than the words found in the text of searched content. This significantly reduces \u201cnoise\u201d in search results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/use-cases\/knowledge-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowledge discovery<\/a><\/strong>: Users can find valuable information they didn\u2019t know existed by surfacing related concepts through hierarchical browsing.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consistent descriptive metadata<\/strong>: As taxonomy concepts are often applied as metadata to content, taxonomies provide structure to unstructured content, and enable not just search and retrieval but also deep analysis, comparison, and automated workflows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='taxonomy-applications'  id=\"boomdevs_6\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxonomy-applications\">Taxonomy applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The applications for a well-built taxonomy are virtually limitless and scale across the entire organization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Content management (CMS\/DAM)<\/strong>: Setting up curated content in alerts, feeds, or info boxes. Managing and retrieving content for content reuse (for example, proposals, presentations, reports, marketing content, images, and video files).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Internal operations<\/strong>: Supporting Data Management systems, Intranets, Learning Management systems, HR systems (for example, connect employees with the right training and compliance documentation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Governance and workflows<\/strong>: Driving automated workflows for document retention, audience targeting, and intellectual property rights management. Organizing company information, research information for R&amp;D, and document management for regulatory compliance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Combined with ontologies<\/strong>: Supporting unified search and discovery for content and data, especially when implemented as part of a semantic layer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GraphRAG<\/strong>: Providing semantic context for LLMs in support of Retrieval Augmented Generation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='benefits-of-combining-taxonomies-with-ontologies'  id=\"boomdevs_7\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"benefits-of-combining-taxonomies-with-ontologies\">Benefits of combining taxonomies with ontologies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxonomies are especially valuable when combined with an ontology to enrich the taxonomies\u2019 semantics. An ontology is a model of a knowledge domain that defines and describes the types, properties and interrelationships (classes, attributes and relations) of entities in a particular domain, in which the relations contain meaning or are \u201csemantic.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combining or extending a taxonomy with an ontology provides many capabilities beyond what can be done with taxonomies alone:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Complex querying<\/strong>: Supports multi-part searches across diverse data sets, not just text-based content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advanced logic<\/strong>: Enables reasoning and inferencing (for example, the system can \u201cinfer\u201d that a specific document belongs to a project based on related metadata). It also enables better visualization of concepts and their semantic relationships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deep personalization<\/strong>: Powers recommendation engines by understanding the explicit relationships between products, users, and topics. This ultimately supports the building of better personalization and recommendation systems, and AI-based applications.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, taxonomies bring linguistic features that ontologies alone lack. Taxonomies have alternative labels for the same concept, which allows users to search for concepts with different names and supports consistent tagging of the same concepts which are named differently in different sources. Taxonomies also support multilingual labels for concepts, so users can search in their own language, and content in different languages can be tagged for retrieval.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='conclusion'  id=\"boomdevs_8\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taxonomies are far more than simple lists of terms. At their core, they serve as the fundamental connective structure between users and the information they seek \u2014 bringing order to complexity, consistency to content, and meaning to data that would otherwise remain siloed and hard to surface. As enterprises increasingly invest in AI-driven applications, the taxonomy\u2019s role has not diminished; if anything, it has become more critical, providing the semantic backbone that makes larger systems actually work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A taxonomy is also the foundation on which broader semantic architectures are built. Combined with a knowledge graph, it enables unified search and seamless discovery across an enterprise\u2019s repositories, platforms, and applications \u2014 and together they form the core of a semantic layer that exposes meaning to users and tools across the organization. Whether the goal is better search, a GraphRAG application, or a full enterprise knowledge graph, the taxonomy is where it all begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A taxonomy is a key component in any system that enables users to find or discover the information they need.","protected":false},"featured_media":167104,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" _builder_version=\"4.27.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"60px|||||\" custom_css_main_element=\"position:relative;\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" module_class=\"custom_row\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"||0px||false|false\" custom_margin_tablet=\"\" custom_margin_phone=\"\" custom_margin_last_edited=\"on|desktop\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" module_class=\"second-on-mobile\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<p>Every day, we create billions and trillions of data, from a click of our phone to saving a document in the cloud. Storing and sorting this data can be quite overwhelming even for the average person \u2014 never mind an organization whose data seemingly never ends, and is crucial to their overall business success. Maintaining this data in an efficient way requires tools that are designed to meet these needs.<\/p>\n<p>While spreadsheets previously sufficed, enterprises are now looking to more intelligent software to manage their data and stay ahead of the curve. Organizations who have extensive unstructured data know the struggles of extracting meaningful information from it. As a result, experts in data management and semantic technology urge the use of comprehensive taxonomies to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>Taxonomy management has allowed us to not only find things easier and faster, but it also allows us to find linkages within our data, which we would have never found before. As a result, taxonomy management enables enterprises to confidently tackle data governance, while allowing organizations to further scale their business intelligence and overall ability to innovate in competitive markets.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>What is a Taxonomy?<\/h2>\n<p>In a broad sense, taxonomy is the method used for organizing similar content into relevant groups. To put it even more broadly, taxonomy is how we classify things. From its conception, taxonomies have played an important role in biological science, where it has been largely used to organize the animal kingdom. Think of mammals vs. birds vs. reptiles and all the details in between: within the mammals group, we have cats, whales, apes, etc.; as we move further down the line, we have different species of apes such as gorilla, chimpanzees, etc. If you can visualize this as a tree of sorts, you\u2019re already on the way to understanding what a taxonomy is at its basic level.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2021-07-23-at-09.40.06.png\" title_text=\"Screenshot-2021-07-23-at-09.40.06\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" width=\"65%\" width_tablet=\"65%\" width_phone=\"65%\" width_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" hover_enabled=\"0\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]<h3>Taxonomies in everyday life<\/h3>\n<p>By organizing words and concepts based on their relationships to each other, a taxonomy is exceptionally useful at maintaining order of complex systems that are rich in data. Users of a taxonomy can classify words into hierarchical groups that logically flow through this \u201ctree.\u201d As humans, our natural instinct is to categorize objects in this way simply because they just make them easier to navigate and understand.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2021-07-23-at-12.06.45-653x1024.png\" width=\"305\" height=\"479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239694 alignright size-large\" \/>For this reason, taxonomies are the foundation to many of the systems we are used to in everyday life \u2014 it even translates to physical, tangible things outside of the digital space. Picture a clothing store that has men\u2019s clothes on one side and women\u2019s clothes on the other. The season\u2019s trending pieces are at the front of the store, followed by sections that have business clothing, casual clothing, accessories, etc.<\/p>\n<p>These sections all have specific purposes: for one, they are easy for the shopper to navigate which ultimately benefits the customer experience, but they also serve great business value. Quite often, the trendy eye-catching pieces are at the front to lure customers in and the sale pieces are at the back because businesses want their customers to spend time rifling through the more expensive items before they can be swayed by the discount pieces.<\/p>\n<p>This store setup operates on a taxonomy of sorts. Items are classified into different categories (i.e. the sections), and within these sections, pieces are given different selling values. The layout is intuitive because it is so structured, allowing for better customer experience so that they do not feel lost in the store, and easier opportunities for the store to sell pieces according to their specific, categorical value.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h3>Taxonomies in business<\/h3>\n<p>An enterprise can extract value in a similar way. The data within an organization is even more complex than our shopping store, as it spans across various departments and roles. A taxonomy can help categorize this data into its respective fields and map the connections between them to make meaning. Giving your data a structured framework via comprehensive taxonomies is the first step to deriving fruitful insights about your business \u2013 but it cannot be conquered in one day. This is where taxonomy management is crucial.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>What is Taxonomy Management?<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<p>An organizational structure of all your data (through classification)<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]Standardized terminology throughout the organization[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]Extracting meaningful information from unstructured data[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]Intelligent search capabilities (of all your data)[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]Reusability of data for other analytics\/dashboards[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=\"on\" font_icon=\"&#xf00c;||fa||900\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"e139ff63-6c95-469c-be11-b51987352328\" body_font_size=\"18px\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]Scaling with Enterprise Knowledge Graphs[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font_size=\"18px\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Getting Started with Taxonomy Management<\/h2>\n<p>So, how do you get started? Get to know your data.<\/p>\n<p>The first step to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poolparty.biz\/blogposts\/premium-taxonomy-management-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managing a taxonomy<\/a>\u00a0is understanding the type of data you have and what it can tell you. The type of data refers to a number of things including text documents, Excel sheets, images, etc. In the workplace, it can be everything from email exchanges to invoices to employee records to sales presentations. Considering that data like this is so diverse, it is quite difficult to sort and analyze without efficient taxonomy management.<\/p>\n<p>Organizing your data into a domain-specific taxonomy means using a logical and intuitive order to classify your data based on your expertise, and then fitting it into the overall structure of your business. Your domain expert, in collaboration with taxonomists, will need to periodically update the taxonomy framework in order to incorporate new changes that would reflect the data in your domain.<\/p>\n<p>Once a taxonomic framework is in place, it will not only ensure that data is more accessible to all users \u2013 but it will also help machines understand the hierarchy of the given information and its relationships. The key here is that once machines are given enough context with this hierarchical, tree-like taxonomy, the machines can take your data and create meaningful answers to your questions.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h3>Standardizing Language<\/h3>\n<p>An important characteristic to managing a taxonomy is your team\u2019s ability to communicate, which can only be accomplished if users of the taxonomy are using the same terminology. Many enterprises\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/jobs\/employees-spend-more-than-25-of-their-time-searching-for-the-information-they-need-to-do-their-jobs-citrix\/articleshow\/69839496.cms?from=mdr\">waste time and effort<\/a>\u00a0looking for (and often not finding) data because of mis-labeling or different terminology across departments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To combat this issue with a taxonomy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poolparty.biz\/blogposts\/poolparty-cardsorting-your-first-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">departments can bundle synonymous terms<\/a>\u00a0together under one term (known as a concept), mitigating confusion while searching for information.\u00a0This allows users to not only search using terms they understand and use daily, but their search will also automatically expand to include terms that are synonymous with other parts of the organization \u2013 making data more accessible and findable across all departments throughout the organization.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/435111460?p=1s\" image_src=\"https:\/\/gws-sso-test.graphwise.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/card-sorting-only-screen.jpg\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" max_width=\"75%\" max_width_tablet=\"100%\" max_width_phone=\"100%\" max_width_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" module_alignment=\"center\" custom_margin=\"40px||40px||true|false\" custom_css_free_form=\"selector a{||  text-decoration:none !important;||}\" box_shadow_style=\"preset1\" box_shadow_color=\"rgba(34,15,96,0.15)\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font_size=\"13px\" text_line_height=\"1.2em\" text_orientation=\"center\" max_width=\"75%\" max_width_tablet=\"100%\" max_width_phone=\"100%\" max_width_last_edited=\"on|tablet\" module_alignment=\"center\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poolparty.biz\/poolparty-cardsorting\">Graphwise CardSorting is a collaborative tool<\/a><span> that enables you to involve subject-matter experts who usually have little practice with knowledge engineering. It serves as a first step for creating a universal vocabulary among colleagues. Use CardSorting to brainstorm different terms and concepts that pertain to your topic before integrating it into the Graphwise Taxonomy Server.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h3>Extracting Meaning from Unstructured Data<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps one of the more difficult problems with managing any kind of dataset is that much of the data is unstructured. An example of this is how hard it is to quantify responses from a survey that require free-text answers. Unlike multiple choice surveys whose responses can be easily scanned into a machine and pulled from, text-heavy answers use a lot of manual effort to read and analyze what is being said and whether or not it is applicable to the larger topic.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for documents that are text heavy. Many of these documents are located in different places (i.e., databases, file servers, etc.) where information can only be filtered out by humans, making it difficult to re-use and locate information in real-time. Enterprises are constantly looking for ways to improve their knowledge base by either linking to these documents, or trying to find methods to make it more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>In taxonomy management, this is where text mining comes in.\u00a0Text mining is the ability to extract pertinent terms and tag them so that machines can sort unstructured data. Text mining with an underlying taxonomy helps machines to further understand the context that these terms fit in, thereby ensuring that a user\u2019s query is not only limited to the terms used in the search. When integrated with a taxonomy, a search engine is given access to information typically only available to humans, which allows for better meaning and context of a term in order to enhance search results and provide the user with a richer search experience.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Useful Resources<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" make_equal=\"on\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_css_free_form=\"selector .et_pb_text_inner,||selector .et_pb_text_inner .js-wpv-view-layout,||selector .et_pb_text_inner .wpv-loop,||selector .et_pb_text_inner .et-boc,||selector .et_pb_text_inner .et-l,||selector .et_pb_text_inner .et_builder_inner_content{||  height:100%;||}\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" custom_padding=\"2rem|2rem|2rem|2rem|true|true\" custom_css_main_element=\"height:100%;\" border_radii=\"on|10px|10px|10px|10px\" box_shadow_style=\"preset1\" box_shadow_color=\"rgba(34,15,96,0.15)\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<p>[wpv-view name=\"blog-post-by-id\" ids=\"166108\"]<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" custom_padding=\"30px|30px|30px|30px|true|true\" custom_css_main_element=\"height:100%;\" border_radii=\"on|10px|10px|10px|10px\" box_shadow_style=\"preset1\" box_shadow_color=\"rgba(34,15,96,0.15)\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<p>[wpv-view name=\"blog-post-by-id\" ids=\"239290\"]<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\" module_class=\"custom_row\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"||0px||false|false\" custom_margin_tablet=\"\" custom_margin_phone=\"\" custom_margin_last_edited=\"on|desktop\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\" module_class=\"second-on-mobile\" _builder_version=\"4.21.0\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Intelligent Search<\/h2>\n<p>The ability to search for things based on your search criteria is not the only thing that taxonomy management excels in. It also connects the dots and understands how your information is structured, helping you to find relevant information and recommend things that you may not have realized were based on your search criteria. Having a structured taxonomy in combination with text mining capabilities, helps machines understand connections and hierarchies between all of your data \u2013 which can then suggest further information relevant to the user\u2019s search.<\/p>\n<p>Think of a common Google search where you input something specific in the field like \u201cwhat is a taxonomy\u201d \u2014 the search will generate results that pertain to these keywords (i.e., the titles of the results will be exactly what you have entered), but once you have scrolled to the end you see that Google has suggested further searches such as \u201cfather of taxonomy,\u201d \u201ctaxonomy animal kingdom,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n<p>You as the user may not have thought about making these connections, but the machine has done it for you based on intelligent search capabilities, ultimately providing more fruitful research. Meaningful information provided by a machine, based on a sound taxonomy, means the ability to make better data-driven decisions and continuous intelligence that enterprises can rely on.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Agile Data<\/h2>\n<p>Agile enterprises understand the need to be able to pivot and shift based on growing trends within the market. They can only do this if they ensure their data isn\u2019t rigid. While most enterprises struggle with just having an overview over all of your data points, having taxonomy management in place means enterprises are able to reuse and add data for other types of data models.<\/p>\n<p>The flexibility to continuously revise and update taxonomies by key stakeholders ensures that enterprises stay relevant and that their Business Intelligence is never outdated. Organizations will be able to pivot based on urgent needs and concerns without affecting daily business.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Enterprise Knowledge Graphs<\/h2>\n<p>An Enterprise Knowledge Graph leverages a taxonomy by taking all your data points and elevating them, thereby scaling your data and knowledge management capabilities to an enterprise level. While a taxonomy helps to organize and structure your data, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poolparty.biz\/webinar-taxonomies-knowledge-graphs-and-ai\">Enterprise Knowledge Graph takes it a step further by incorporating AI<\/a>\u00a0and Machine Learning onto a virtualized layer over your databases, helping your machine to not only learn and understand relations that are common sense to us, but also to provide real-time and relevant answers that could be dotted across all your databases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If a taxonomy is a \u201ctree,\u201d an Enterprise Knowledge graph is a \u201cweb.\u201d\u00a0The knowledge graph can combine different taxonomies together and map them across this web to give an overview of all your data\u2019s relations. The advantage here is that your data is far more intricate and intuitive; it is easier to derive meaningful insights from your data when all the dots (or data points) are visibly splayed out and connected.<\/p>\n<p>The benefit of having an Enterprise Knowledge Graph is that your data remains in place. By creating a virtualized layer, the Enterprise Knowledge Graph does not store data, but helps to point towards the information you need based on your query. Taxonomy management within your Enterprise Knowledge Graph also guarantees that all users (regardless of which department) will always have the most up-to-date and relevant information because it will act as the single source of truth for all your data. This means that any revisions made would change all the data points connected to it, helping to update everything relevant across all your data sources.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" theme_builder_area=\"post_content\"]<h2>Commit to Taxonomy Management<\/h2>\n<p>As enterprises continue to struggle with the increasing volume of data created, it is abundantly clear that a structured way to organize and find information is the only way enterprises can remain agile in such a competitive market. Think back to our shopping trip, where it was easy for our customer to navigate the clothes store and even easier for the business to sell certain items based on how they were sectioned off in the store.<\/p>\n<p>Clothes were classified by their unique selling value and rotated out based on the trends, allowing stores to stay competitive and generate better sales. Both customer experience and business strategies were enriched simply because the experiences were driven by taxonomic structure.<\/p>\n<p>In a corporate enterprise, automated data organization across departments can help make better data-driven decisions based on reliable continuous intelligence. These decisions will not only allow enterprises to react faster, but also pivot as required in the changing market. The flexibility of a taxonomy also means that enterprises can continuously shift based on new information within their field of expertise and can leverage this information to scale their business processes.<\/p>\n<p>As they build upon their data and knowledge organization systems using a taxonomy, enterprises will be able to further scale their systems by incorporating AI and machine learning through an Enterprise Knowledge Graph. 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