Classification Society of North America
Scientific organization studying classification and clustering, including systematic methods for creating classification schemes from unstructured data.
Content Wire: Taxonomies
Links to articles on using taxonomies in knowledge organization.
Controlled Vocabulary
Describes how controlled vocabularies are useful in describing images and information for classifying content in electronic databases. Links to sample hierarchies and controlled vo…
International Federation of Classification Societies
A federation of national, regional, and linguistically-based classification societies whose aims are to further knowledge classification research.
Online Taxonomies: The Next Shift for Information Science
Briefly discusses the use of taxonomies in organizing unstructured data.
Organizational Theory Bibliography
Annotated list of works on classification theory, classification systems, controlled vocabularies, indexing, index design, thesaurus design, and library and information science.
Taxonomies Are What?
Describes the use of taxonomies to organize information on the Web.
Taxonomy: Creating Knowledge from Chaos
Brief overview of taxonomies and their use in organizing information on the Internet.
Word Wranglers
Surveys the rapidly changing automatic classification software market and examine the features and capabilities of leading classification products.