Taxonomy

Taxonomy may refer to

Science[edit]

Taxonomy (biology), a branch of science that encompasses the description, identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms
- Alpha taxonomy, the description and basic classification of new species, subspecies, and other taxa
- Linnaean taxonomy meaning either of:
  - the original classification scheme of Carl Linnæus
  - rank-based scientific classification as opposed to clade-based classification
- Evolutionary taxonomy, traditional post-Darwinian hierarchical biological classification
- Numerical taxonomy, a taxonomic method employing numeric algorithms
- Phenetics, a system for ordering species based on overall similarities
- Phylogenetics, based on characteristics derived from shared descent from common ancestors
Flynn's taxonomy, a classification of instruction level parallelism methods
Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics

Taxonomy (general), the practice and science of classification of things or concepts, including the principles that underlie such classification
Folk taxonomy, the way people describe and organize their natural surroundings
Folksonomy, classification based on user's tags
Taxonomy for search engines as a tool to improve relevance of search in a vertical domain

Corporate taxonomy, the hierarchical classification of entities of interest to an enterprise, organization or administration
Economic taxonomy, a system of classification for economic activity
- Global Industry Classification Standard, an industry taxonomy developed by MSCI and Standard & Poor's (S&P)
- Industry Classification Benchmark, an industry classification taxonomy launched by Dow Jones and FTSE
- International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), a United Nations system for classifying economic data
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), used in Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America
- Pavitt's Taxonomy, classification of firms by their principal sources of innovation
- Standard Industrial Classification, a system for classifying industries by a four-digit code
- United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities, a Standard Industrial Classification by type of economic activity
Records management taxonomy, the representation of data, upon which the classification of unstructured content is based, within an organization.
XBRL Taxonomy, eXtensible Business Reporting Language
SRK taxonomy, in workplace user-interface design

Bloom's taxonomy, a standardized categorization of learning objectives in an educational context
Classification of Instructional Programs, a taxonomy of academic disciplines at institutions of higher education in the United States
SOLO taxonomy, Structure of Observed Learning Outcome, proposed by Biggs and Collis

Safety taxonomy, a standardized set of terminologies used within the fields of safety and health care
- CREAM (Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method), a human reliability analysis technique
- Human Factors Analysis and Classification System, a system to identify the human causes of an accident
- Swiss cheese model, a model used in risk analysis and risk management propounded by Dante Orlandella and James T. Reason

ACM Computing Classification System, a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery
Mathematics Subject Classification, an alphanumerical classification scheme based on the coverage of Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH
Military taxonomy, a set of terms that describe various types of military operations and equipment
Nosology, classification of diseases