Taxonomy and Hierarchies Paths

A taxonomy path or hierarchy path is the route traversed from the root node to get to the assigned node. It is often called "a node’s taxonomy" or "a node’s hierarchy". It is stored as a string of characters. EnterWorks offers three different notation methods for taxonomy paths or hierarchy paths:

• Path codes: no path; relative path; and full path.

• If a relative or full path method is used, it must be further qualified by a choice of delimited or fixed.

  • The node names in a delimited path are separated by a designated delimiter (such as a period).

  • The node names in a fixed path are known by their position in the path.

Consider the following table and the relative conceptual diagrams pertaining to path codes:

Path Codes	Hierarchy/Taxonomy Node Tree
No Path 1001 = Tools 1002 = Hand Tools 1003 = Hammer
Relative Path TO1 = Tools TO1.HT1. = Hand Tools TO1.HT1.HA1 = Hammer
Full Path (Example: 3-levels) TO1.0.0 = Tools TO1.HT1.0 = Hand Tools TO1.HT1.HA1 = Hammer