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title: Associate a knowledge article with a taxonomy category
description: Associate a knowledge article with a taxonomy topics to create a uniform classification structure across different kinds of content.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Knowledge Management
classification: knowledge-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Creating and maintaining articles, Knowledge Management, Manage content capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Associate a knowledge article with a taxonomy category

Associate a knowledge article with a taxonomy topics to create a uniform classification structure across different kinds of content.

## Before you begin

You must have contribute access to the knowledge base that contains the knowledge article.

Role required: knowledge

## About this task

The taxonomy feature enables you to link an article to one or more topics from multiple taxonomies. It helps you maintain a unified content categorization across content types such as catalog items, knowledge articles, and community posts. For more information, see [Unified taxonomy for Employee Center](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/employee-service-management/config-taxonomy.md)

**Note:** You can associate only articles in the Draft, Review, or Published state.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Knowledge** > **Articles**.

2.  On the article page, click the article you want to associate to a taxonomy topic.

3.  In the Assigned Topics related list, click **Add**.

    **Note:** As an admin, you may need to configure the form to include the Connected Content → Knowledge in the related list. Click the form context menu icon \[Omitted image "ContextMenu.png"\] Alt text: context menu icon and navigate to **Configure** > **Related Lists**. Using slushbucket, add the Connected Content → Knowledge.

4.  Select a Taxonomy category from the list in the topic picker dialog box.

5.  Select a topic from a topic picker list and click **OK**.


## Result

The selected article is associated with a taxonomy category for better content browsing.

**Parent Topic:**[Creating and maintaining articles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/knowledge-management/creating-and-maintaining-articles.md)