Taxonomy 2012

The following table shows taxonomy 2012 attributes.

Taxonomy 2012

Attribute

Description

Taxonomy ID

The unique identifier for Technopedia taxonomy.

Taxonomy Parent ID

The identifier of the parent category.

Taxonomy

The Category 2 taxonomy name.

Description

A brief description of the category.

Software/Hardware

The software or hardware taxonomy.

Category Group

The optional attribute you can use to further simplify or re-organize the current, 2-level Technopedia taxonomy into an additional, higher level. It groups the Taxonomy parent ID into several discrete buckets.

Is Private

Yes = Private entry; No = Original Technopedia entry

Private Flag

0 = Not Modified (i.e. original Technopedia entry); 1 = Modified Technopedia object; 2 = Proprietary object (those that have negative IDs).

Private Type

PRIVATE_TYPE = NULL if PRIVATE_FLAG = 0,PRIVATE_TYPE = Modified

Technopedia entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 1,PRIVATE_TYPE = Proprietary entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 2.