taxonavigation
US/ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
taxonavigation noun: the navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.
Noun
taxonavigation (uncountable)
- The navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.
- Taxonavigation in design and architecture, much like the contemporary preoccupation with tagging, labeling, blogging, and wikiing has become integral to praxis and pedagogy.2012, Liat Margolis, “Encoding Digital and Analogue Taxonavigation”, in Thomas Schröpfer, editor, Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 148
- A good example for a taxonomy is the Wikispecies project, which aims at creating a directory of species. In the “Taxonavigation” the path in the taxonomy leading to the species is depicted.2014, S Arroyo, K Siorpaes, “ONTOLOGIES AND ONTOLOGY LANGUAGES”, in Handbook of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, World Scientific, page 145
Origin of taxonavigation
From taxo- + navigation. Coined on Wikispecies, which was launched in 2004.
Words that rhyme with taxonavigation
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- citation
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Questions about taxonavigation
- What does taxonavigation mean?
- Taxonavigation means the navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.
- What part of speech is taxonavigation?
- Taxonavigation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce taxonavigation?
- Taxonavigation is pronounced /ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
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