Kathryn,
I am sure that none of us meant to infer that you wouldn't know the
difference...it's just that you had forwarded us the following question:
"Taxonomies and classifications, what's the difference?"
And we were working together as a TC to try and answer it. :)
"Breininger, Kathryn R" wrote:
>
> Excuse me, I did not ask the question. I am a profession Librarian and Information Scientist, and know the difference.
>
> Let's please move on to some of the meatier questions that were asked at the conference, and leave the philosophical discussions for the time being :-)
>
> Kathryn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew MacKenzie [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:55 AM
> To: Breininger, Kathryn R
> Cc: ebXML Regrep (E-mail); ; ;
> ;
> Subject: Re: [regrep] Presentations and questions
>
> On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Breininger, Kathryn R wrote:
> >
> > * Taxonomies and classifications, what's the difference?
>
> I always saw a taxonomy as a classification schema, and a
> classification is in essence a association with a node of the taxonomy.
>
> Taxonomy Node: Grains
> Classification: Wheat associated with Grains
>
> Joe is somewhat correct in saying that the difference is subtle, but
> only in the sense that many of us (myself included) get lazy and refer
> to a taxonomy as a classification. I thing regrep gets around this by
> calling a taxonomy a "classification scheme".
>
> > * URI for RegistryObject
>
> ebXML Registry 3.0 will outline a way of providing a unique URI for
> objects via its new, mandatory HTTP interface. This functionality is
> defined in the latest working drafts.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Matthew MacKenzie
>
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