Formal Taxonomy of Knowledge Organization

Classification [typology]

“Classifications of characteristics of phenomena, and these need not be mutually exclusive nor collectively exhaustive” (Smiraglia 2014a, 53). “The term typology is used for the same sort of arrangement when the entities involved are called types instead of taxa. Typologies are used in anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, theology, and psychology. In most instances, typologies are less robust scientifically than taxonomies, which means a type is assigned based on empirical observation but always is subject to change given analysis from future observations” (53). Classification – (Hjørland 2017a) IEKO: https://www.isko.org/cyclo/classification

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