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=== How it works === | === How it works === | ||
This | This taxonomy contains the definition of the hierarchy of categories used in Open Food Facts. | ||
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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 | * 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