Ontology Directed Classifier (ODC)
Classifying data to a taxonomy can help categorize your data into a form that improves search and analyses. Classifying data to an internationally supported taxonomy ensures that your data is transferable across multiple supply chains. Automating the process of data classification to a target taxonomy can greatly improve data quality across the enterprise and reduce the considerable time and expense associated with implementing and maintaining a common coding schema. XSB's automated Ontology Directed Classifier (ODC) tool, is designed to classify data based on any public or proprietary taxonomy. Additionally, ODC enables users to easily map from one taxonomy to another. Pre-trained classifiers can be licensed with specific knowledge for both the UNSPSC and NAICS taxonomies.
About Taxonomies: A taxonomy is a hierarchical organization for sets of objects. Taxonomies are used to group similar kinds of things together, placing more general definitions at the top of the hierarchy and more specific ones at lower nodes in the taxonomy. Two of the most well known and widely accepted global taxonomies are the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code® (UNSPSC) and the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) taxonomy. The UNSPSC taxonomy is one of the most widely adopted open e-commerce standards for organization of commercial products and services. With more than 12,000 codes covering 56 industry segments, the UNSPSC taxonomy covers virtually any product or service that can be bought or sold. The NAICS taxonomy which recently replaced the SIC taxonomy is the most extensively used classification system for businesses. Additionally, the ECCMA Open Technical Dictionary (eOTD) is an emerging standard that provides a broad set of product categories, associated product attributes or properties and acceptable values for those attributes. All XSB tools are taxonomy independent ensuring the greatest flexibility for our users.
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