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Taxonomic classification is the act of placing an object or concept into a set or sets of categories (such as a taxonomy or a subject index), based on the properties of the object or concept. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Taxonomic classification be merged into this article or section. ... For Wikipedias categorization projects, see Wikipedia:Categorization. ... For Wikipedias categorization projects, see Wikipedia:Categorization. ... Look up taxonomy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A property of an object is some intrinsic or extrinsic quality of that object, where the nature of the object in question will depend on the field, as, for example, indicated below. ... A concept is an abstract idea or a mental symbol, typically associated with a corresponding representation in language or symbology, that denotes all of the objects in a given category or class of entities, interactions, phenomena, or relationships between them. ...

A person may assify the object or concept according to an ontology. In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek , genitive : of being (part. ...

Examples

Examples of taxonomic classification include:

• Library classification
• Scientific classification of organisms.
• Classification of finite simple groups
• Medical classification like ICD
• Security classification
• Folksonomy

Taxonomy - the branch of biology concerned with the grouping and naming of animals. A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library materials (books, serials, audiovisual materials, computer files, maps, manuscripts, realia) according to their subject. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... The classification of the finite simple groups is a vast body of work in mathematics, mostly published between around 1955 and 1983, which is thought to classify all of the finite simple groups. ... Medical classification systems are used for a variety of applications in medicine and medical informatics statistical analysis of diseases and therapeutic actions reimbursement e. ... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) is a detailed description of known diseases and injuries. ... A typical classified document. ... A folksonomy is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links. ...

See also

• Statistical classification
• Wikipedia:Categories

Taxon - a group of organisms Statistical classification is a type of supervised learning problem in which labeled training data is used to create a function that will correctly predict the label of future data. ...