20. A taxonomy manager according to claim 14 , including an adapter for interfacing between the means for generating a reference taxonomy and a publish/subscribe messaging manager to enable at least a part of the generated reference taxonomy to be sent to a second taxonomy manager via the publish/subscribe messaging manager.
20. A taxonomy manager according to claim 14 , including an adapter for interfacing between the means for generating a reference taxonomy and a publish/subscribe messaging manager to enable at least a part of the generated reference taxonomy to be sent to a second taxonomy manager via the publish/subscribe messaging manager. 21. A taxonomy manager according to claim 20 , including a listener component for identifying receipt of reference taxonomy information and triggering the taxonomy manager to process such received taxonomy information.