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GOV.UK topic taxonomy principles

Documents a topic taxonomy for helping users explore content, parent-child category structure, ideal child-topic limits, distinguishable category names, user-language naming, and tagging accuracy checks.

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Browse by category Choose browse by category when the primary task is exploratory recognition: users know the area but not the exact item name or query. Activating a category navigates to a category view or expands a category hierarchy, not a filter chip on an unrelated result set. GOV.UK taxonomy principles document hierarchy, category naming, topic limits, browseability, and tagging accuracy.

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Publisher: Government Digital Service. Last checked: .