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=== Examples of other applications === <!-- This section is for direct examples of a hierarchical system ONLY, and only ones that have not been summarized above. Methodologies belong in the appropriate section below. Related concepts are listed under the "See also" section. If you are uncertain where a link belongs, place it in the "See also" section. HINT: If you can't easily say what it's a hierarchy OF, it doesn't belong here (but that doesn't imply that if you can say what its a hierarchy of, it belongs here). --> {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} ==== Information-based ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "information-based hierarchies"--> * [[Library classification]] ** [[Dewey Decimal Classification]] {{col-3}} ==== City planning-based ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "city planning-based hierarchies"--> * [[Green transport hierarchy]] * [[Hierarchy of roads|Roads]] ** [[Street hierarchy|Streets]] * [[Settlement hierarchy]] ** [[Settlement hierarchy#Example of a settlement hierarchy|As of 2010]] ** [[Ekistic units|As of 2100 (estimate according to Doxiadis, 1968)]] {{col-3}} ==== Linguistics-oriented ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "linguistics-oriented hierarchies"--> * [[Tree model|Language family tree]] * [[Levels of adequacy|Levels of adequacy for evaluating grammars]] * [[Direct–inverse language]]s * [[Structural linguistics]] ** [[Parse tree]] ** [[Formal grammar]]s ** [[Abstract syntax tree]] * [[Color terms#Basic color terms|Evolution of basic color terminology in languages]] {{col-end}} {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} ==== Power- or authority-based ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "power- or authority-based hierarchies"--> * [[Noble ranks|Aristocratic hierarchies]] ** In [[Royal and noble ranks#General chart of "translations" between languages|Europe]] ** In [[Chinese nobility#Sovereign and ruling family ranks|China]] * [[Ecclesiastical polity|Ecclesiastical hierarchies]] ** [[Catholic Church hierarchy]] ** [[Priesthood (LDS Church)|LDS Church hierarchy]] ** [[Kimbanguism#Hierarchy|Kimbanguist Church hierarchy]] ** [[Raëlism#Member hierarchy|Raëlism Church hierarchy]] ** see also [[autocephaly]] * [[Prussian three-class franchise]]<ref> {{cite book |last1 = Tipton |first1 = Frank |author-link1 = Frank Tipton |chapter = Politics, Governance, and Diplomacy between Neoclassicism and Modernism |title = A History of Modern Germany Since 1815 |date = January 2003 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SQGMYLJRdXoC |location = London |publisher = A&C Black |publication-date = 2003 |page = 239 |isbn = 9780826449108 |access-date = 26 November 2021 |quote = Kühne believes the Prussian franchise lasted for over sixty years because it accurately reflected the social realities of the relatively closed, hierarchical, and conformist communities of rural Prussia. }} </ref> * Political party hierarchies ** [[Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party|Nazi Party]] (''pace'' overlapping fields<ref> Compare: {{cite book |last1 = Lee |first1 = Stephen J. |orig-date = 1987 |chapter = Dictatorship in Germany |title = European Dictatorships 1918-1945 |date = 12 February 2016 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=D32PCwAAQBAJ |edition = 4, revised |location = London |publisher = Routledge |publication-date = 2016 |page = 217 |isbn = 9781317294221 |access-date = 26 November 2021 |quote = [...] Nazi administration is now regarded as an overlapping and confusing 'polycracy'. The basis of the criticism is that the multi-layering of agencies and the lack of proper delineation between them generated conflict and hampered efficiency. There was, for example, extensive rivalry between the Four-Year plan Office, the Ministry of Economics, the War ministry and the Plenipotentiary for Economics. }} </ref>) *** [[SS Ranks#Final SS ranks 1934–1945|SS]] *** [[Glossary of Nazi Germany#G|Hierarchy of subdivisions within the Gau]] ** [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union#Structure|Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] ** [[Chinese Communist Party]] * [[Command hierarchy|Chain of command]] ** [[List of comparative military ranks|Military ranks]] ** [[Military organization#Hierarchy of modern armies|Military units]] ** [[Unified Combatant Command|U.S. Military Combatant Commands]] * [[Dominance hierarchy|Intraspecial dominance]] ** [[Pecking order]] * [[Social stratification|Social classes]] ** [[Caste system in India]] ** [[Hierarchical structure of Feudal Japan]] ** [[Master race#Hierarchy|White racist hierarchy]] ** [[Hierarchy of Exclusion]] (Ender's Game) {{col-3}} ==== Value-related ==== <!--value meaning both money and relative importance--> <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "value-related hierarchies"--> * [[Hierarchy of genres|Hierarchy of genres in art]] * [[Hierarchy of evidence|Evidence]] * [[Maslow's hierarchy of needs|Human needs]] * [[Hierarchy of precious substances|Precious substances]] * [[Hierarchy of values|Judicial hierarchy of social values]] {{col-3}} ==== Perception-based ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "perception-based hierarchies"--> * [[Color wheel]] ** [[Primary colors]] *** [[Secondary colors]] **** [[Tertiary colors]] {{col-end}} {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} ==== History-oriented ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "history-oriented hierarchies"--> * [[Three-age system]] * [[Comparative history|Cyclic theory of civilization]] ** [[Spengler's civilization model|Oswald Spengler]] ** [[A Study of History#List of civilizations|Arnold J. Toynbee]] * [[Spiral dynamics]] {{col-3}} ==== Science-focussed ==== <!--[[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "science-focussed hierarchies"--> * [[Earth's location in the universe#Earth in the universe|Hierarchy of organization within the Universe]] * [[Hierarchical ternary star system|Star systems]] * [[Biological classification]] * [[Biological organization]] * [[Phylogenetic tree]] * [[Timeline of evolution|Evolutionary development]] * [[Ecological land classification#Hierarchy of classification levels in ecology compared to other fields|Hierarchy of ecological georegions]] {{col-3}} ==== Technology-based ==== * [[Memory hierarchy]] ** [[Cache hierarchy]] * [[Hierarchical clustering|Clusters]] * [[Hierarchy (object-oriented programming)|Class constructs]] * [[Hierarchical database model|Data organization]] ** [[Hierarchical query]] * [[Hierarchical Data Format|Data storage]] ** [[Hierarchical file system|Computer files]] * [[Hierarchical control system|Devices]] * [[Classless Inter-Domain Routing|IP addresses]] * [[Memory hierarchy|Memory]] ** [[Hierarchical page tables|Virtual memory allocation]] * [[Hierarchical internetworking model|Networks]] * [[Hierarchical cell structure|Radio cells]] * [[Hierarchical state machine|States (configurations)]] * [[Hierarchical name space|Web addresses]] * [[Structure]] ** [[Data Structure]] * [[Inheritance (object-oriented programming)]] {{col-end}} ==== Religion-related ==== <!--yes, that hyphen IS correct, even per [[WP:HYPHEN]]—this category's logical title is "religion- and mythology-related hierarchies"--> * Levels of consciousness **[[Chakra#The seven major chakras|Chakras]] **[[Great chain of being]] **[[Ray of Creation|G.I. Gurdjieff]] **[[Eight Circuit Model of Consciousness#The eight circuits|Timothy Leary]] * Levels of spiritual development ** In [[Four stages of enlightenment|Theravada Buddhism]] ** In [[Bhumi (Buddhism)|Mahayana Buddhism]] * Ages in the evolution of society ** In [[Astrological age#Past ages|Astrology]] ** In [[Ages of Man|Hellenism (the Ancient Greek Religion)]] **[[Dispensation (period)#Protestant dispensations|Dispensations in Protestantism]] **[[Dispensation (period)#Latter Day Saint dispensations|Dispensations in Mormonism]] *[[Hierarchical communion|Degrees of communion between various Christian churches]] *[[UFO religion]]s **[[Master Jesus#Airborne Division of the Brotherhood of Light|Command hierarchy of the ''Ashtar Galactic Command'' flying saucer fleet]] * Deities ** In [[Japanese Buddhist pantheon#Hierarchical structure of the Buddhist pantheon|Japanese Buddhism]] ** In [[Spiritual Hierarchy#Levels of the spiritual hierarchy|Theosophy]] * Angels ** In [[Christian angelic hierarchy|Christianity]] ** In [[Islamic view of angels#Angel hierarchy|Islam]] ** In [[Jewish angelic hierarchy|Judaism]] ***[[Kabbalistic angelic hierarchy|Kabbalistic]] ** In [[Yazata|Zoroastrianism]] * Devils and Demons **[[Hierarchy of devils|Devils]] **[[Hierarchy of demons|Demons]] *[[Hell]]s ** In [[Inferno (Dante)|Catholicism (Nine Levels of Hell)]] ** In [[Naraka (Buddhism)|Buddhism (Sixteen Levels of Hell)]] *[[Religious stratification|Religions in society]] * (organizational hierarchies are listed under {{nowrap|"[[#Power- or authority-based|Power- or authority-based]]"}})<!--non-breaking spaces used for neatness at all resolutions-->
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