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== Why? ==
== Why? ==
Why do we need an ingredients ontology? The ontology describes how ingredients are derived from each other and how ingredients can be combined into new ingredients. The basic thesaurus can help to:
Why do we need an ingredients ontology? The ontology describes how ingredients are derived from each other and how ingredients can be combined into new ingredients. The basic thesaurus can help to:
* '''Normalise ingredients''' - Producers take a lot of freedom in describing the ingredients they use. An ontology helps to standardise the ingredients.
* '''Normalise ingredients''' - Producers take a lot of freedom in describing the ingredients they use. They use different words (synonyms) to designate the same ingredient. An ontology helps to standardise the ingredients;
* '''Exclusive search''' - the taxonomy can be used to support the directe search by url, i.e. use [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ingredient/strawberry/ strawberry] to find all products that contain ''strawberry''. Or [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ingredient/strawberry/language/finnish strawberry] to find all products that have a Finnish ingredient list with ''strawberry'' (puutarhamansikka). The exclusive search means that only products with the ingredient ''strawberry'' are found.
* '''Exclusive search''' - the taxonomy can be used to support search for ingredients in any language and multiple synonyms;
* '''Translation''' - as the taxonomy contains translations of each ingredient, it can be used as means to translate ingredient lists;
* '''Translation''' - as the taxonomy contains translations of each ingredient, it can be used as means to translate ingredient lists;
* '''Ingredient language inconsistencies''' - it happens that ingredients in different languages of a single product are different. That can be ingredients that are left out or simplified. The thesaurus might help revealing these.
* '''Ingredient language inconsistencies''' - it happens that ingredients in different languages of a single product are different. That can be ingredients that are left out or simplified. The thesaurus might help revealing these.