Fair comparison
A taxonomy is language infrastructure; skills intelligence is evidence infrastructure.
A skills taxonomy organizes skill language across jobs, learning paths, and workforce planning.
QLM adds performance evidence, recency, confidence, and transfer signals so skill claims are easier to trust.
Comparison table
| Question | Skills taxonomy | QLM |
|---|---|---|
| Primary question | What should we call this skill? | What evidence shows the skill is current and transferable? |
| Core artifact | Skill dictionary, hierarchy, tags, job mappings. | Performance evidence, profile updates, readiness signals. |
| Best use | Standardizing language. | Making skill decisions more defensible. |
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