in relation to web development, what is a taxonomy?

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Can people explain what taxonomy means in terms of a web site?

My current understanding it a classification of the contents in relationship to each other, but it seems like it must go beyond that simplistic definition. and yes, I have read the wikipedia entry for this.

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