[open-science] Can you help Royal Society with Taxonomies of Science?

Thu Dec 5 14:25:39 UTC 2013

Not really a scientific taxonomy, but at the very least there might be lessons in 
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/40970


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Puneet Kishor
Science and Data Policy, Creative Commons

> On Dec 5, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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> I got this mail from Francis Bacon (Royal Society of Britain), whowould like a scientific taxonomy for organising the RS webpages. We swapped emails and we both agree there is no perfect answer, but we'd like suggestions for high-level taxonomies. It's probably more important for them to exist and be proven useful in some field than trying to create yet another one. I'd look to libraries, encyclopedias, museums, etc. for authoritative inspiration:
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> Hi Peter
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> Hope you’re well.
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> Do you happen to know of any open or collaborative taxonomies/classifications of scientific subjects?
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> One that might, for instance, specify that bioinformatics is a sub-category of both biology and computer science.
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> We’re doing some planning for our website and I’d like to ensure we know about all the options before picking a particular taxonomy/folksonomy.
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> Many thanks in advance,
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> Francis
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> Francis Bacon
> Digital Manager
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> T +44 20 7451 2517
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> The Royal Society
> 6-9 Carlton House Terrace
> London SW1Y 5AG
> royalsociety.org
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> Peter Murray-Rust
> Reader in Molecular Informatics
> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
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