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Create a Term Set and Terms in SharePoint 2010 Programatically

Created a Term Set in Managed Metadata Service Application then I can create a custom term set and terms using TaxonomyWebTaggingControl object is a Web control that can be added to a page so that a user can pick one or more taxonomy Term object from a specific TermSet object or from an entire TermStore object."
  1. //add new term set into manage data    
  2. using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Site.Url))    
  3. {    
  4.        TaxonomySession _TaxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);    
  5.     
  6.        //Get instance of the Term Store     
  7.        TermStore _TermStore = _TaxonomySession.TermStores[0];    
  8.     
  9.        //Now create a new Term Group    
  10.        Group _Group = _TermStore.CreateGroup("MyGroup");    
  11.     
  12.        //Create a new Term Set in the new Group    
  13.        TermSet _TermSet = _Group.CreateTermSet("MyTermset");    
  14.     
  15.        //Add terms to the term set    
  16.        Term _term1 = _TermSet.CreateTerm("A Term", 1033);    
  17.        Term _term2 = _TermSet.CreateTerm("B Term", 1033);    
  18.        Term _term3 = _TermSet.CreateTerm("C Term", 1033);    
  19.        Term _term4 = _TermSet.CreateTerm("D Term", 1033);    
  20.     
  21.        //commit changes    
  22.        TermStore.CommitAll();    
  23.     
  24. }