Database Team

The Open Food Facts project defines itself as an Open Database on Food products, so this is at the heart of our project.

The Database Team tries to ensure the database is complete and without errors.

Our users need to be able to get products they care about and find accurate data on them, helping their choice in everyday life.

When we build the database, we are contributing to a knowledge common, a gift to humanity that can help improve life in many ways.

Researchers also needs to know they can count on a database with lots of accurate data.

Add or improve products - this is the most easy and important activity
Holding event to improve contribution like Scan Parties
Help improve Quality
Moderation - for experienced users, it helps removing unwanted image or counteract vandalism
Improving Taxonomies - a work to try to structure data (categories, ingredients, etc.)


TOOL	WHAT ?
Open Food Facts website facets	On Open Food Facts website, the facets represent a global mecanism to navigate thru the data. To see how it works, just start with the home page and use the <Explore products by...> button.
Ingredients to be completed facet	The list of all products which ingredients need to be completed. You can refine this list thanks to another facet.
Categories to be completed facet	The list of all products which categories need to be completed. You can refine this list thanks to another facet.
Power User Script	This is an add-on for your browser to empower Open Food Facts contribution.
Hunger Games	This tools contains many little games to complete products, based on Artificial Intelligence detection.

Charles: charles@openfoodfacts.org (@Charles Nepote on the forum and Slack).

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