Managing Taxonomy

Introduction

What is Taxonomy and how does it work? It's a way to classify content similar to tagging or categorizing. Taxonomy makes it possible for content to appear in lists filtered by topic.

A site’s taxonomy consists of several vocabularies (such as “Color”). Each of these vocabularies contains several terms (such as “Red,” “Yellow,” “Blue,” etc.). Your platform contains a few useful vocabularies that are applied to various content types.

Types of Taxonomy

There are different types of Taxonomy that can help you categorize your content better:

Content Types	Topics
Content type-specific	Not content type-specific
Do not span different content types Example: Event terms do not relate to Bio terms	Spans across the whole site
Only 1 term allowed per page	Division / Section: One term allowed per page Program / Service and Categories: Multiple terms allowed per page
Content types that use Taxonomy: Bio Contact Document Event Location News Location	Topical Taxonomy Terms: Categories Division / Section Location Area News Type Program / Service Search Terms Telephone Type

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Managing Taxonomy

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Types of Taxonomy

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