The Secular Library Classification system suggests a semantic pattern that can be used to present a comprehensible system of explicit knowledge, which should benefit humanity.
In my research and development of personal skills with categorization, I have been able to better notice and describe semantic problems. Surprisingly, it seems to me that the discipline of taxonomy lacks a standard system of nomenclature to begin with. I have disagreements with the standard definitions of classification, taxonomy, and ontology.
General Taxonomy Nomenclature Correction
In philosophy class, Ontology tends to be an unwitting exploration of classification theories under the auspices of the study of existence. In practical terms, Ontology is the entirety of recorded knowledge, just lacking a reliable classification system.
Taxonomy is the listing of knowledge. Whereas Epistemology is the study of knowledge theories, Taxonomy is the practical representation of theories using visual cues to distinguish the categories of knowledge.
A category is the unit of a taxonomy.
Class is the level of categories in a hierarchical taxonomy.
Collation is the order of categories in a class.
Attributes are the basic categories (metadata) used to identify positions in a collation.
Classification is the set of rules for distinguishing classes of categories. (As of 26-03-02, Wikipedia still equates classification with categorization.)
Correlations are the coordinate system derived from the ordinate comparison of advanced sets of a collation. Similar to Plato's Theory of Forms, which
Cognitive Categorization is the exercise of the mind's correlation function using rules derived from experience. This is where the margin of error in reasoning occurs because of the lack of a standard knowledge classification system.
Categorization is the assignment of objects to categories (in accordance with the classification rules). (As of 26-03-02, Wikipedia still equates classification with categorization.)
SLC class system
The Secular Library Classification system is divided into seven partitions. The first partition, zero, and designated "Reality," introduces the rules for navigating the remaining realms of knowledge.
Realms are the largest conceptual systems. Realms do not exist and are indistinguishable.
0##: Reality
1##: Nature
2##: Technology
3##: Life
4##: Society
5##: Culture
6##: Time
General Categories are the independent entities that comprise the specific Realms. The general categories exist and are distinguishable. exemplars
#00: Process
#10: System
#20: Standard
#30: Agency
#40: Activity
#50: Domain
#60: Chronologies
Collation is the seven-element list of the primary concepts. The primary concepts do not exist, but are distinguishable. The collation is used to organize the system of realms and general categories. prototypes
##0: conceptualizations
##1: systemations
##2: utilizations
##3: individuations
##4: organizations
##5: doctrinations
##6: transformations
Each category has a unique code of attributes for identifying its position in the taxonomy.
Calculation is a subcategory of creation