Meaning assigned by the people who use a thing rather than by an authority. Everyone's own words for the world, kept as valid.
Old English folc (people, nation) + Greek taxis (arrangement) + nomos (law, custom); the people's own system of organizing knowledge
A knowledge system table. Sovereign-scoped personal context added to keywords or thesaurus entries. Private by default. Opt-in sharing with community traceability. The people's taxonomy — not imposed from above, but grown from below.