OBF:Global categories taxonomy

How it works

This page contains the definition of the hierarchy of categories used in Open Food Facts.

The definition contains:

• stopwords (words that can be ignored when matching category names)
• word synonyms (words that can be exchanged when matching category nyoames)
• category synonyms (the synonyms are then matched also in other category names that contains those synonyms)

For more details, see OBF:Global taxonomies

Current status

• September 11th 2014: started

Taxonomy definition

stopwords:fr:aux,au,de,le,du,la,a,et,avec,pour

synonyms:en:flavoured, flavored

en:Makeup, Make-up
fr:Maquillage

<en: Makeup
en:Lipsticks
fr:Rouges à lèvres
wikidata:Q184191

<en: Makeup
en:Nail polish
fr:Vernis à ongles
wikidata:Q223807



en:Oral care, dental care
fr:Produits dentaires

<en:Oral care
en:Toothpaste, tooth paste
fr:Dentifrice
de:Zahnpasten, Zahnpastas, Zahncremes

wikidata:Q35855

<en:Oral care
fr:Bain de bouche
wikidata:Q518968

en:Skin care
fr:Produits pour la peau

< en:Skin care
en:Sun care,Solar care
fr:Soins solaires

< en:Sun care, Solar care
<en:Skin creams
en:Sun screen
fr:Crèmes solaires
de:Sonnencremes
wikidata:Q827658


< en:Skin care
en:Soaps
fr:Savons
de:Seifen
wikidata:Q34396

< en:Skin care
en:Shower gels
fr:Gels douche
de:Duschgele, Duschgels
wikidata:Q1267611

< en:Skin care
en: Fragrances, perfumes
fr: Parfums, parfumerie
wikidata:Q131746

<en:Skin care
en:Deodorants, antiperspirant
fr:Déodorants, Déodorant
de:Deodorante, Deodorants

<en:Skin care
en:Skin creams, beauty cream, skin lotions
de:Hautcremes

<en:Skin creams
en:Hand creams, Hand lotions
de:Handcremes

<en:Skin creams
en:Face creams, facial creams, facial lotions
de:Gesichtscremes

en:Hair care
fr:Produits pour les cheveux

<en:Hair care
en:Shampoos
fr:Shampoings
wikidata:Q180204

< en:Shampoos
fr:Shampoings anti-dessèchement

< en:Shampoos
fr:Shampoings anti-pelliculaire

<en:Hair care
en:Conditioners
fr: ?

<en:Hair care
en:Hair gels
de:Haargele, Haargels
wikidata:Q1806590

<en:Hair care
en:Hair sprays
de:Haarsprays
wikidata:Q1058689

<en:Hair care
en:Hair wax
de:Haarwachse
wikidata:Q1548164