Level: Intermediate

Alister Lewis-Bowen, Senior Software Engineer, IBM
Stephen Evanchik, Software Engineer, IBM
Louis Weitzman, Senior Software Engineer, IBM

05 Dec 2006

Follow along in this series of articles as the IBM® Internet Technology Group designs, develops, and deploys an extranet Web site for a fictitious company, International Business Council (IBC), using a suite of freely available software. In this article, you learn to use the taxonomy system in Drupal to provide structure to your Web site. The structure can then be used to support navigation and organization of your content.

Introduction

One of the flexible features of Drupal is its taxonomy system. It provides the ability to structure your Web site; you can then use that structure to support organization and navigation. Many people say this is one of the features that helps distinguish Drupal from other content management systems.

Taxonomy. From the Greek meaning "to classify." In the past, taxonomy was just the science of classifying living organisms, but later, was applied in a wider sense. It may also refer to either a classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification.

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http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-osource11/