What is a skills ontology and how is it different from a taxonomy?
Quick answer: A skills taxonomy organizes skills into a hierarchy of categories; a skills ontology goes further by mapping the relationships between skills, roles and adjacent skills. A taxonomy answers "what are the skills and how are they grouped." An ontology answers "how do these skills co…
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A skills taxonomy organizes skills into a hierarchy of categories; a skills ontology goes further by mapping the relationships between skills, roles and adjacent skills.
A taxonomy answers "what are the skills and how are they grouped." An ontology answers "how do these skills connect", which skills a role needs, which are related, and what the logical next skill is. That relationship layer is what powers smart recommendations, career pathing and redeployment. See skills ontology.
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