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Taxonomies

The taxonomy to the right was created to organize the visual resources library used by videos editors creating educational content for high schools.

I wanted to capture the relevant topics as they related to high school curriculum to increase the usefulness of the catalogs for the defined users.

The challenge with this project was to make the terms clear and applicable to the subject matter the users were working with. The terms need to be narrow enough for them to be meaningful while the user is working within a topic, but broad enough to provide a home to each of the thousands of the diverse visual resources used in topics from Art History and Biology to Economics.   

Also, I had to be mindful of the click investment in each browsing session and limit the depth of the organization to two levels.

Visual Resources Taxonomy

Arts

Architecture

Dance

Fine Art

Musicians

Posters

Theater

Geography

Explorers

Flags

Maps

Natural landmarks

Views

History & Culture

Advertising

Africa

American History

Anthropology

Asia

Black History

British History

Crime & Punishment

Europe

Holidyas

Labor Movement

Latin America

Middle East

Military

Mood

Mythology

Oceania

People & Families

Politics

Portraits

Recreation

Religion

Societies

Sports

Stone Age

World Leaders

Industry

Agriculture

Commerce & Trade

Communications

Construction & Housing

Education

Energy

Entertainment

Fashion

Finance

Food & Drink

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Occupations

Project Management

Travel & Transportation

Language Arts

American Authors

British Authors

Children’s Literature

Foreign Language Authors

Illuminated Manuscripts

Linguistics

Objects

Clothing

Ephemera

Food

Home

Symbols & Logos

Science & Technology

Astronomy

Aviation

Biology

Botany

Chemistry & Physics

Geology

Mthematics

Medicine

Nature

Oceanography

Scientists

Space Exploration

Technology

Weather & Atmosphere

Zoology

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