HowtoAddTaxonomy

How to add a new Taxonomy

We are using the Wikibase-Plugin (coming from Wikidata) for storing ontologies. Each entry of a taxonomy/ontology has to be created as an Item, and then linked together via Properties.

Hierarchical Taxonomies

For tree-structured taxonomies, follow this workflow:

Each Taxonomy has a "Root"-Item, you have to add them first:

• Click here to Create a new Item

Supposed, your taxonomy consists of different levels of categories ("branches") and entries ("leaves"). Start with creating the first level of categories:

• Create a new Item, as you have done it with the "root" item.
• Link it to your "root" item: Add a new Statement