Classification chart

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What a classification chart is

“Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation of things to the classes (classification).”
From Wikipedia — Taxonomy — CC BY-SA 4.0

Types of hierarchy chart

When to use a classification chart

  • Sorting

    Put things into groups and show examples of each, like granite and basalt under igneous rock.

  • Science

    Shows the three kinds of rock, with a few examples of each.

  • Studying

    A one-page summary to learn from: the groups first, then two or three examples each.

How to make a classification chart

  1. 1What you sort
  2. 2The groups
  3. 3Examples
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Trees & hierarchies

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