Taxonomies and Ontologies

Taxonomies

ƒ Hierarchical organizations of terms
ƒ Controlled for synonyms
ƒ Prevalent in business and web topic organization
ƒ Intended to reflect real world organization
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Ontologies

ƒ Hierarchical organization of terms
ƒ Not necessarily controlled for synonyms
ƒ Prevalent in computer science and academia
ƒ Intended to reflect disciplinary domain
ƒ Computer readable