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Semantic Layer Maturity Framework Series: Taxonomy

Bonnie Griffin . June 18, 2025 . Blog

Taxonomy is foundational to the Semantic Layer. A taxonomy establishes the essential semantic building blocks upon which everything else is built, starting by standardizing naming conventions and ensuring consistent terminology. From there, taxonomy concepts are enriched with additional context, […] Continue reading

Common Taxonomy Design Mistakes, Part I: Failing to Include Your End Users

EK Team . August 26, 2020 . Blog

The necessity of a business taxonomy has become increasingly apparent as organizations across the globe have shifted to working from home and, consequently, have an increased need for their employees to be able to quickly and independently find and discover […] Continue reading

Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Advanced Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 2)

EK Team . January 27, 2022 . Blog

In my previous blog, I wrote about building a taxonomy for two foundational use cases – findability and navigation – that we commonly design for at EK. This blog will focus on two advanced, yet still common, taxonomy use cases. […] Continue reading

How Do I Implement A Taxonomy?

EK Team . September 3, 2021 . Blog

Congrats, you have a taxonomy! It is a strategic milestone for many organizations whether the taxonomy is instantiated in a taxonomy management system of some type, or, as we much more commonly see, stored in a spreadsheet. Regardless, your next […] Continue reading

Taxonomy Implementation Best Practices

EK Team . February 8, 2021 . Blog

Have you ever found yourself wondering how to implement a taxonomy you’ve just designed or updated? You might have asked yourself, “How do I make this taxonomy work in SharePoint? In Salesforce? Oracle Knowledge Advanced?” You are not alone. Many […] Continue reading

The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: Step #3 Validate Your Taxonomy

EK Team . August 12, 2016 . Blog

Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #3: Validate Your Taxonomy Previously, I’ve talked about […] Continue reading

Taxonomy Design Best Practices

Zach Wahl . February 10, 2014 . Blog

Over my years of taxonomy consulting I’ve often been asked to codify the best practices regarding taxonomy design. A simple search online shows that this is a common question, though one where a lot of the current answers appear outdated. […] Continue reading

Designing Your Taxonomy to Fit Your Use Case: Common Taxonomy Use Cases (Part 1)

EK Team . December 10, 2021 . Blog

[…] is that before we even begin gathering information and analyzing it, we always define a precise use case(s) for the taxonomy. A use case is a specific scenario or situation for which the taxonomy will be used. Defining one or […] Continue reading

The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: #1 Design a User-Centric Taxonomy

EK Team . August 5, 2016 . Blog

Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #1: Design a User-Centric Taxonomy When most individuals […] Continue reading

The Value of Taxonomy: Why Taxonomy (Still) Matters

Zach Wahl . July 9, 2019 . Blog

After decades of taxonomy design consulting, I’m still amazed that some organizations doubt the value of effective enterprise taxonomy design. Though knowledge and information management technologies, as well as associated search technologies have changed, the core business value and use […] Continue reading

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