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* They are currently defined in text files hosted on our wiki: https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Global_taxonomies but it is becoming unmanageable (the biggest taxonomy for categories is 37k lines long).
* They are currently defined in text files hosted on our wiki: https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Global_taxonomies but it is becoming unmanageable (the biggest taxonomy for categories is 37k lines long).
* We need a tool that makes it easy to edit the taxonomy and translate it.
* We need a tool that makes it easy to edit the taxonomy and translate it.
=== Backend Improvements, New Features and Performance ===
* The Open Food Facts backend and web site is coded in Perl and the data is stored in MongoDB
* We currently have performance issues with MongoDB requests that could be optimized
* There are many other areas for improvements for the backend, see https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server


== Your ideas ==
== Your ideas ==