OBF:Global categories taxonomy

How it works

This page 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 nyoames)
• category synonyms (the synonyms are then matched also in other category names that contains those synonyms)

For more details, see OBF:Global taxonomies

Current status

• September 11th 2014: started

Taxonomy definition

stopwords:fr:aux,au,de,le,du,la,a,et,avec,pour

synonyms:en:flavoured, flavored

en:Make-up
fr:Maquillage

en:Oral care, dental care
fr:Produits dentaires

en:Skin_care
fr:Produits pour la peau

en:Hair_care
fr:Produits pour les cheveux

en: Fragrances
fr: Parfums, parfumerie

< en:Skin care
en:Soaps
fr:Savons

< en:Skin care
en:Shower gels
fr:Gels douche

<en:Oral care
en:Toothpaste, tooth paste
fr:Dentifrice