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Taxonomy for NIST Website

Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Catalog Last Checked: September 10, 2026 at 05:51 PM | Dataset Last Updated: February 01, 2018
This is the taxonomy that is used for classifying information on the NIST website. It comprises a hierarchical set of domain designations that include the research areas within NIST. The taxonomy is also used as a resource for metadata tagging to semantically enrich NIST research publications for discovery and reuse by the broader NIST community.

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  • DOI Access to the Taxonomy for NIST Website

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  • NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas

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  • NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas

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  • 2024-02 Taxonomy final

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  • 2025-02 Taxonomy final

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  • NIST Taxonomy source csv file

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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
bureauCode 
[
  "006:55"
]
contactPoint 
{
  "fn": "Gretchen Greene",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:gretchen.greene@nist.gov"
}
description This is the taxonomy that is used for classifying information on the NIST website. It comprises a hierarchical set of domain designations that include the research areas within NIST. The taxonomy is also used as a resource for metadata tagging to semantically enrich NIST research publications for discovery and reuse by the broader NIST community.
distribution 
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    "title": "DOI Access to the Taxonomy for NIST Website",
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    "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.18434/T4/1432795",
    "description": "DOI Access to the Taxonomy for NIST Website"
  },
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
    "format": "Comma-separated variable",
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    "description": "This is the 2018 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "description": "This is the 2018 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "description": "This is the 2020 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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  },
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  },
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "This is the 2021 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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  },
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "description": "This is the 2021 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
    "format": "Excel",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
    "format": "Comma-separated variable",
    "mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
    "description": "This is the 2023 version of the taxonomy NIST uses to categorize research areas for display on the NIST website.",
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    "title": "NIST Website Taxonomy of Research Areas",
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    "title": "2024-02 Taxonomy final",
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identifier 691DDF3315711C14E0532457068146BE1907
keyword 
[
  "NIST",
  "research area",
  "taxonomy",
  "website"
]
landingPage https://data.nist.gov/od/id/691DDF3315711C14E0532457068146BE1907
language 
[
  "en"
]
license https://www.nist.gov/open/license
modified 2018-02-01 00:00:00
programCode 
[
  "006:047"
]
publisher 
{
  "name": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
[
  "Information Technology:Data and informatics"
]
title Taxonomy for NIST Website

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