Taxonomies, Categories, and keywords
The combination of taxonomy and categories enables control what displays in menus.
- Taxonomies and categories
- A Category refers to the subject matter of the content item. For example, the content item might be of the category New Products or Latest News. Sets of categories are grouped within different top-level taxonomies. List of links to content items that use the same category are displayed using a menu component.
- Keywords
- Use Keywords to profile content. Unlike categories, which are chosen from a predefined list, we can enter any keywords that you like when we create content items. List of links to content items that use the same keyword are displayed using a menu component.
Taxonomy example
In this example "Financial" is the ancestor of "Interest Rates", "Personal", "Business", "Corporate" and "Banking Solutions". "Personal", "Business" and "Corporate" are the descendants of "Interest Rates" and "Financial".
- Financial
- Banking Solutions
- Interest Rates
- Personal
- Business
- Corporate
- News
Category scenarios
When building a hierarchy of taxonomies and categories, it is important to consider how a menu uses the categories in a search, because menus search both upwards and downwards within groups of categories.
Scenario Example Menu based on a top-level category. All content profiled with categories that belong to that top-level category and their descendants appear in the menu.
A menu based on Financial displays content profiled with:
- Financial
- Banking Solutions
- Interest Rates
- Personal
- Business
- Corporate
Menu based on a mid-level category. All content profiled with the mid-level category or its descendants or its ancestors appear in the menu.
A menu based on Interest Rates displays content profiled with:
- Financial
- Interest Rates
- Personal
- Business
- Corporate.
Menu based on a bottom-level category. All content profiled with the bottom-level category or its ancestors are returned by the menu.
A menu based on Business displays content profiled with:
- Financial
- Interest Rates
- Business
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