Taxonomy editor

A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform acts, the acts comprising:

• providing a navigable visual representation of a taxonomy, the navigable visual representation reflecting a plurality of nodes of the taxonomy that have associated publications;
• generating statistics associated with an individual node of the taxonomy, the statistics reflecting a trend in a number of the publications associated with the individual node in recent years;
• and
• facilitating user modification of the taxonomy, the facilitating comprising:
• determining that the trend indicates that the number of publications associated with the individual node in recent years is increasing;
• and
• responsive to determining that the trend indicates that the number of publications associated with the individual node in recent years is increasing, providing, to a user, a suggested modification to split the individual node by adding at least two nodes to the taxonomy as children of the individual node.

A method comprising:

• providing a navigable visual representation of a taxonomy, the navigable visual representation reflecting a plurality of nodes of the taxonomy that have associated publications;
• generating statistics associated with an individual node of the taxonomy, wherein the statistics reflect a recent trend in a number of publications that are associated with the individual node;
• and
• facilitating user modification of the taxonomy, the facilitating comprising:
• determining that the recent trend is an increasing trend that indicates that the number of publications that are associated with the individual node is increasing,
• determining that there are a relatively large number of publications associated with the individual node, and
• responsive to determining that the trend is an increasing trend and that there are a relatively large number of publications associated with the individual node, displaying, on the navigable visual representation, a suggested modification to split the individual node by adding at least two nodes to the taxonomy as children of the individual node,
• wherein at least the facilitating is performed by a computing device.