Taxonomies, categories, and tags as controlled vocabularies in general specifically for WordPress website posts. Presented at WordCamp 2018 Boston.

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4. 2. Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies Intro
3. Taxonomies, Categories, and Tags in WordPress
4. Taxonomy Creation Best Practices

10. 1. Categories and Tags Overview
3. Taxonomies, Categories, and Tags in WordPress
4. Taxonomy Creation Best Practices

11. Taxonomy definitions

12. Controlled vocabulary definition
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13. Types of controlled vocabularies
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14. Taxonomy
Examples
Leisure and culture
. Arts and entertainment venues
. . Museums and galleries
. Children's activities
. Culture and creativity
. . Architecture
. . Crafts
. . Heritage
. . Literature
. . Music
. . Performing arts
. . Visual arts
. Entertainment and events
. Gambling and lotteries
. Hobbies and interests
. Parks and gardens
. Sports and recreation
. . Team sports
. . . Cricket
. . . Football
. . . Rugby
. . Water sports
. . Winter sports
. Sports and recreation facilities
. Tourism
. . Passports and visas
. Young people's activities
Career Level
• Student
• Entry Level
• Experienced
• Manager
• Director
• Executive
Function
• Customer Service &
Support
• Delivery
• Engineering
• Finance
• General Management
• Legal & Regulatory Affairs
• Marketing & Advertising
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Industry
• Agriculture
• Apparel & Fashion
• Automotive
• Aviation & Aerospace
• Banking
• Biotechnology
• Broadcast Media
• Chemicals
[more]
Faceted
Taxonomy
Example
Hierarchical
Taxonomy
Example

15. Pick List Synonym Ring Authority File Taxonomy Thesaurus Ontology
Ambiguity control Ambiguity control
Synonym control
Ambiguity control
Synonym control
Ambiguity control
(Synonym control)
Hierarchical
relationships
Ambiguity control
Synonym control
Hierarchical
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Associative
relationships
Ambiguity control
(Synonym control)
Semantic
relationships
Classes
Less MoreControlled Vocabularies - Complexity

16. Taxonomy or controlled vocabulary purpose
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17. 1. Categories and Tags Overview
2. Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies Intro
4. Taxonomy Creation Best Practices

18. Default types of taxonomies in WordPress
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Option to additionally create Custom Taxonomies in WordPress
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19. WP Categories and Tags: similarities
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22. WP Categories and Tags: differences

24. Categories and Tags in WordPress
– more similarities than differences
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26. Converting between Categories and Tags
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27. Converting from Tags to Categories

28. Converting from Categories to Tags

29. Faceted Taxonomies
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30. Facet sets
created with
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FacetWP

31. Synonyms in taxonomies
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32. 1. Categories and Tags Overview
2. Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies Intro
3. Taxonomies, Categories, and Tags in WordPress

33. Labels
Hierarchies
Synonyms

34. Term format and style
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Corporate finance corporate finance Corporate Finance
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35. Term creation tips
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Licenses Examinations
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Employee discipline Employee discipline policies
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Decision making Making decisions
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Movies Motion pictures

36. Structuring hierarchical relationships between terms
Fruits
Oranges

37. Hierarchical relationships: Generic – Specific type
Category or class
– members
– more specific types
Child term “is a” or
“are a kind of” parent term
Dogs
- Puppies
Financial services
- Investment services
Romance languages
- Italian language

38. Hierarchical relationships: Generic – Instance type
Common noun
– Proper noun/named entity
Child term “is a” parent term
Smartphones
- Samsung Galaxy
Rivers
- Nile
Festivals
- Oktoberfest

39. Hierarchical relationships: Whole – Part type
Concept or entity
– Part
– Sub-entity
Child term “is in” parent term.
An integral part that cannot
be taken out.
France
- French Alps
Gastrointestinal system
- Stomach
United Nations
- United Nations General Assembly

40. Hierarchical relationships: Polyhierarchy
Banking
- Online Banking
Online Services
- Online Banking
Online ServicesBanking
Online Banking

41. Synonyms / variants / alternative labels / nonpreferred terms
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42. Types include:
• Cars Automobiles
• Politics Government
• Taoism Daosim Email E-mail
• Selling Sales Hair loss / Baldness
• Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
• GDP Gross domestic product
• Neoplasms Cancer
• Flexibility Rigidity
• Near East Middle East
• Genetic engineering Biotechnology

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44. Resources to develop taxonomy competencies
www.hedden-information.com/accidental-taxonomist/
www.hedden-information.com/courses-workshops/taxonomy-course/
www.hedden-information.com/presentations
www.hedden-information.com/articles
http://accidental-taxonomist.blogspot.com
www.hedden-information.com/the-accidental-taxonomist

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