Taxonomies shape our experience at every level. We use taxonomies to make sense of everything from systems to objects. It often takes multiple taxonomic approaches to make sense of a single form.

A Form is the visual shape or configuration something takes. The form is what users actually experience.

Even a simple form like this book uses several taxonomies to help you read through the content, understand it, and use it.

A few taxonomies in a book:

  • Table of contents
  • Chapter sequence
  • Page numbers
  • Headlines that accompany brief expansions on an individual lesson
  • An Indexed lexicon
  • Links to worksheets