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'''Taxonomy''' refers to a generic structure into which things may be classified based on units referred to as taxa (singular taxon).
== Biology ==
In [[biology]], the practice of classifying [[organism|organisms]] into a hierarchical structure based on relatedness.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia
Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> This is more accurately referred to as '''Linnaean taxonomy''' due to the use of the term in many other fields.
== Information Science ==
In the field of [[information science]], '''taxonomy''' is used for the practice of creating information structures for classifying documents, objects, concepts, or anything else that can have [[metadata]] attached to it. These structures are generally hierarchical, but can be polyhierarchical (having multiple inheritence lines) or even based on a network model.
== Other Fields ==
'''Taxonomy''' as a concept and practice has been imported to many other fields. One of the better known examples is [[Bloom's taxonomy]]<ref>http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm</ref>, created by Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist, in the 1950's that classifies levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. The lowest level, requiring the least intellectual exertion, is simple recall of information.
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