Taxonomy is a classification system that helps organize content into logical groups. Acquia Source powered by Drupal provides a powerful system for categorizing, organizing, and connecting content using taxonomies. By implementing well-designed taxonomies and applying them to content, you can create meaningful relationships between content items and enhance site navigation, search, and content discovery.

The following are the benefits of using taxonomies:

• Content organization: Categorize content into logical groups.
• Enhanced navigation: Create category-based navigation and menus.
• Content relationships: Connect related content automatically.
• Dynamic displays: Show content based on taxonomy associations.
• SEO improvements: Strengthen topical relevance through structured categorization.

For information about how to create taxonomy vocabularies, visit Creating custom entities.

Vocabularies and terms¶

The taxonomy system in Acquia Source consists of:

• Vocabularies: Collections of related terms. For example, Topics and Product Categories.

• Terms: Individual items within a vocabulary. For example, Business and Technology.

  Terms can be organized in flat lists or hierarchical structures with parent-child relationships, depending on your organizational needs.

Default vocabularies¶

Acquia Source includes the following standard vocabularies:

Tags

• Purpose: General-purpose keyword labeling.
• Structure: Non-hierarchical (flat) list of terms.
• Use cases: Adding keywords to content and creating ad-hoc relationships.

Categories¶

• Purpose: Primary content organization
• Structure: Can be hierarchical with parent-child relationships
• Use cases: Section organization and primary navigation structure.