
FROM ONTOLOGY PIPELINE
A taxonomy is a shared contract.
Across people, platforms, and AI systems, the taxonomy creates one dependable vocabulary for naming, linking, and retrieving concepts.

Design the hierarchy before it designs the experience.
Depth, granularity, and localization are architectural choices—not field cleanup. Make them deliberately.
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How deep should your hierarchy go?
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What level of granularity serves your use case?
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Will you support localization?
These choices cascade across search, classification, analytics, and every system built on top of your taxonomy.

A book-art reminder: structure removes ambiguity before it reaches the system.
THE TAXONOMY AT A GLANCE
Taxonomies are:
Hierarchical structures optimized for machine learning algorithms
Parent-child relationships that support both navigation and reasoning
Standards-based structures

