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Working with Taxonomy

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After reading this chapter, you should be able to

  • Understand what taxonomy is.

  • Understand terms, vocabularies, and their different options.

  • Differentiate between flat, hierarchical, and multiple hierarchical vocabularies.

  • Construct URLs to do AND and OR searches of taxonomy terms.

  • Construct URLs for RSS feeds of taxonomy terms and term combinations.

  • Understand how taxonomies are stored.

  • Know how to use vocabularies within your own module.

  • Set up your module to receive notification of changes to taxonomies.

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Michelle Lowman Steve Anglin Mark Beckner Ewan Buckingham Gary Cornell Jonathan Gennick Jonathan Hassell Michelle Lowman Matthew Moodie Duncan Parkes Jeffrey Pepper Frank Pohlmann Douglas Pundick Ben Renow-Clarke Dominic Shakeshaft Matt Wade Tom Welsh Anita Castro Mary Ann Fugate

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© 2010 Todd Tomlinson and John K. VanDyk

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Tomlinson, T., VanDyk, J.K. (2010). Working with Taxonomy. In: Lowman, M., et al. Pro Drupal 7 Development. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2839-4_15

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