Taxonomy View

An estate-level visualisation that organises entities by any shared taxonomy - business domains, data classification, compliance tiers - with cross-term relationships, coverage tracking, and project provenance.

April 5, 2026

What You See

The taxonomy view presents the estate as groups of entities organised under taxonomy terms. Each term is a visual container showing the entities that belong to it, with project provenance badges indicating which project contributed each entity. Entities that appear under multiple terms show cross-term relationships, and unclassified entities are surfaced separately so you can track coverage.

Key Features

Taxonomy Selector

Switch between taxonomies with a dropdown. Each taxonomy provides a different organisational lens on the same set of entities - domains for business alignment, classification for data governance, compliance tiers for regulatory mapping.

Term Groups

Entities grouped by taxonomy term in a card-based layout. Each group shows entity count, contributing projects, and the entities themselves with their types and provenance.

Cross-Term Relationships

Edges between entities in different taxonomy terms are surfaced as cross-term connections. These reveal the data flows and dependencies that span organisational boundaries.

Coverage Tracking

A coverage bar shows what percentage of entities in the federated graph have been classified under the selected taxonomy. Unclassified entities are listed separately so you can improve coverage over time.

How Taxonomy Data Flows

Example Use Cases

Taxonomy	What It Shows	Who Uses It
Business Domains	Which entities belong to which business capability (Payments, Orders, Customers)	Enterprise architects planning domain boundaries
Data Classification	Which entities handle PII, sensitive, or public data	Data governance teams and compliance officers
Compliance Tiers	Which entities fall under GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or SOX requirements	Regulatory and audit teams
Technology Platforms	Which entities are served by which platform (AWS, Azure, on-premises)	Platform teams planning migrations

Project Provenance

Every entity in the taxonomy view carries a provenance badge showing which project contributed it. This means you can immediately see whether a taxonomy term is dominated by one project or spread across many, which helps identify ownership boundaries and integration points. When entities from different projects appear under the same term, it signals a shared domain that may need coordinated governance.