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== Nodes ==
 
== Nodes ==
Each node in the ontology is an ingredient, as is found in ingredient lists of food products. Producers take a lot of freedom in describing the ingredients they use. This implies that an approach is needed to standardise the ingredients that are found in the ingredients list.
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Each node in the ontology is an ingredient, as is found on ingredient lists of food products. Producers take a lot of freedom in describing the ingredients they use. This implies that an approach is needed to standardise the ingredients that are found in the ingredients list.
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* '''Main ingredient name''' - an ingredient might appear under different names, the synonyms. Of these multiple names one will be chose as main ingredient name. The main ingredient name will be defined in a single language.
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* '''Main ingredient name''' - an ingredient might appear under different names, the synonyms. Of these multiple names one will be chosen as main ingredient name. The main ingredient name will be defined in a single language.
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* '''Synonyms''' - any synonym will be a separate entry
    
* '''Translations''' - an ingredient can be translated in multiple languages. However one must be careful that one ingredient is the really the same in another language. Legislation or actual production processes can be different. It might be possible to alert the user to such cases. Not all ingredients will be translatable in all languages
 
* '''Translations''' - an ingredient can be translated in multiple languages. However one must be careful that one ingredient is the really the same in another language. Legislation or actual production processes can be different. It might be possible to alert the user to such cases. Not all ingredients will be translatable in all languages
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