Taxonomy 2012

The following table shows taxonomy 2012 attributes.

Attribute	Description
Taxonomy ID	The unique identifier for Technopedia taxonomy.
Taxonomy Parent ID	The identifier of the parent category.
Taxonomy	The Category 2 taxonomy name.
Description	A brief description of the category.
Software/Hardware	The software or hardware taxonomy.
Category Group	The optional attribute you can use to further simplify or re-organize the current, 2-level Technopedia taxonomy into an additional, higher level. It groups the Taxonomy parent ID into several discrete buckets.
Is Private	Yes = Private entry; No = Original Technopedia entry
Private Flag	0 = Not Modified (i.e. original Technopedia entry); 1 = Modified Technopedia object; 2 = Proprietary object (those that have negative IDs).
Private Type	PRIVATE_TYPE = NULL if PRIVATE_FLAG = 0,PRIVATE_TYPE = Modified Technopedia entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 1,PRIVATE_TYPE = Proprietary entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 2.