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=== How it works ===
=== How it works ===


This page contains the definition of the hierarchy of categories used in Open Food Facts.
This taxonomy contains the definition of the hierarchy of categories used in Open Food Facts.
   
   
The definition contains:
The definition contains:
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* word synonyms (words that can be exchanged when matching category names)
* word synonyms (words that can be exchanged when matching category names)


* category synonyms (the synonyms are then matched also in other cateflammegory names that contains those synonyms)
* category synonyms (the synonyms are then matched also in other category names that contains those synonyms)
   
   
For more details, see [[Global taxonomies]]
For more details, see [[Global taxonomies]]

Revision as of 15:45, 15 September 2020

How it works

This taxonomy 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 names)
  • category synonyms (the synonyms are then matched also in other category names that contains those synonyms)

For more details, see Global taxonomies

Current status

  • Nov 22 2016: pushed live

TODO

  • Kouglof (Alsatian cake)

Taxonomy definition

The taxonomy is now managed directly on GitHub: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/blob/master/taxonomies/categories.txt

Taxonomy translation

Replace XX by your language. https://world-XX.openfoodfacts.org/categories?translate=1