Taxonomy inside and outside of Drupal
summary
Claims Drupal's taxonomy system is far more capable than simple dropdowns and demonstrates a repeatable method: content sampling, stakeholder worksessions, card sorts, test tagging and revision. It shows concrete tools—Drupal core taxonomy with fieldable terms, Views integration, Pathauto, Taxonomy Manager and modules like Synonyms and Term Reference Tree—and concrete scales: a site using 32,000 terms and a five-level Common Core hierarchy. Outcomes: faceted search, personalization/content tailoring, and pragmatic guidance when to use select lists, term references or full entity types.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:27Starting with Drupal taxonomy
- 2:29What is taxonomy definition
- 3:32Real-world taxonomy examples
- 6:07Why taxonomy is useful
- 7:13Ranganathan's library laws
- 8:56Applying laws to digital experience
- 12:07Taxonomy use cases in DXM
- 14:15Building a taxonomy process
- 18:32Challenges in taxonomy creation
- 20:20Classification depends on use case
- 23:00Organizing vocabularies and facets
- 26:11Taxonomy in Drupal overview
- 28:01Taxonomy manager module
- 30:08When to use taxonomy vs entity reference
- 33:02Taxonomy roles and expertise
- 36:21Handling large taxonomies
- 38:15NAICS and industry classification
- 41:12Taxonomy in market research
- 44:08Q&A and wrap-up
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