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Taxonomies are at the heart of openfoodfacts in many aspects. It helps identify components (ingredients, labels, brands,…) and link them to useful properties, at the base of nutri-score, eco-score, allergens identification and some other properties.

Taxonomies are at the heart of openfoodfacts in many aspects. It helps identify components (ingredients, labels, brands,…) and link them to useful properties, at the base of nutri-score, eco-score, allergens identification and some other properties.

Each taxonomy is a DAG (directed acyclic graph) where leaves have one or more parents. Currently the taxonomy is in a raw text file in our repository: <nowiki>https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/tree/main/taxonomies</nowiki>.

Each taxonomy is a DAG (directed acyclic graph) where leaves have one or more parents. Currently the taxonomy is in a raw text file in our repository: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/tree/main/taxonomies.

While effective for the application, this format is quite cumbersome to edit for contributors.

While effective for the application, this format is quite cumbersome to edit for contributors.

=== Resources / Contributing ===

=== Resources / Contributing ===

* Main github repository

* Main GitHub repository: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/taxonomy-editor

* Project to track current tasks: https://github.com/orgs/openfoodfacts/projects/28

* Project to track current tasks: https://github.com/orgs/openfoodfacts/projects/28