
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, such as definitions and alternative terms, and arranged into hierarchical relationships, laying the foundation for the eventual establishment of other, more complex ontological relationships. Taxonomies provide additional value when used to categorize and label structured content, and enable metadata enrichment for any use case.
Just as a semantic layer passes through degrees of maturity and complexity as it is developed and operationalized, so too does a taxonomy.