Astrology involves a folk taxonomy, while astronomy uses a scientific classification system, although both involve observations of the stars and celestial bodies and both terms seem equally scientific, with the former meaning "the teachings about the stars" and the latter "the rules about the stars".
Folk taxonomies are generated from social knowledge and are used in everyday speech. They are distinguished from scientific taxonomies that claim to be disembedded from social relations and thus objective and universal
Anthropologists have observed that taxonomies are generally embedded in local cultural and social systems, and serve various social functions
Folk taxonomies exist to allow popular identification of classes of objects, and apply to all areas of human activity. All parts of the world have their own systems of naming local plants and animals. These naming systems are a vital aid to survival and include information such as the fruiting patterns of trees and the habits of large mammals.
Corporate taxonomy is the hierarchical classification of entities of interest of an enterprise, organization or administration, used to classify documents, digital assets and other information. Taxonomies can cover virtually any type of physical or conceptual entities (products, processes, knowledge fields, human groups, etc.) at any level of granularity.
Corporate taxonomies are increasingly used in information systems (particularly content management and knowledge management systems), as a way to allow instant access to the right information within exponentially growing volumes of data in learning organizations. Relatively simple systems based on semantic networks and taxonomies proved to be a serious competitor to heavy data mining systems and behavior analysis software in contextual filtering applications used for routing customer requests, "pushing" content on a Web site or delivering product advertising in a targeted and pertinent way.
The gender taxonomy is a classification of the range of different levels at which humans vary in sexual characteristics.
Folk taxonomies are generated from social knowledge and are used in everyday speech. They are distinguished from scientific taxonomies that claim to be disembedded from social relations and thus objective and universal
Anthropologists have observed that taxonomies are generally embedded in local cultural and social systems, and serve various social functions
Folk taxonomies exist to allow popular identification of classes of objects, and apply to all areas of human activity. All parts of the world have their own systems of naming local plants and animals. These naming systems are a vital aid to survival and include information such as the fruiting patterns of trees and the habits of large mammals.
Corporate taxonomy is the hierarchical classification of entities of interest of an enterprise, organization or administration, used to classify documents, digital assets and other information. Taxonomies can cover virtually any type of physical or conceptual entities (products, processes, knowledge fields, human groups, etc.) at any level of granularity.
Corporate taxonomies are increasingly used in information systems (particularly content management and knowledge management systems), as a way to allow instant access to the right information within exponentially growing volumes of data in learning organizations. Relatively simple systems based on semantic networks and taxonomies proved to be a serious competitor to heavy data mining systems and behavior analysis software in contextual filtering applications used for routing customer requests, "pushing" content on a Web site or delivering product advertising in a targeted and pertinent way.
The gender taxonomy is a classification of the range of different levels at which humans vary in sexual characteristics.
- Gonads (testes, ovaries, one of each, ovotestes, other types of gonadal dysgenesis)
- Hormones (androgens: including testosterone; estrogens, including estradiol, estriol, estrone; antiandrogens and others)
- Genitals (primary sexual characteristics — see diagram for the "six class system")
- Secondary sexual characteristics (dimorphic physical characteristics, other than primary characteristics)
- Brain structure (special kinds of secondary characteristics, due to their influence on psychology and behaviour)
- Gender identity (psychological identification with either of the two main sexes)
- Gender role (social conformity with expectations for either of the two main sexes)
- Erotic preference (gynephilia, androphilia, bisexuality, asexuality and various paraphilias
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