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'''Product classifications''' are hierarchical structures to find a class for a ~~products~~ or to find the products in a class with certain data properties.

'''Product and service classifications''' are hierarchical structures to find a class for a [[product]] or [[service]] or to find the products in a class with certain data properties.

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Product classifications have various uses:

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In Consumerium parlance basically what [[Lowest Troll]] used to call [[Product Group]]s.

== Nice Classification ==

== Current classifications ==

=== Open Food Facts taxonomy ===

[[Open Food Facts]] has a taxonomy for food products. What about [[Open Beauty Facts]] and [[Open Product Facts]]?

=== Nice Classification ===

Work on the '''Nice Classification''' was initiated in 1957, in [[w:Nice, France]], hence the name.

~~Currently~~ it is ~~managed~~ by '''[[~~WIPO~~]]'''.

Today it is maintained and developed by the '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]'''.

'''[http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/ Access the Nice database at wipo.int]'''

~~'''~~NCL~~'''~~ appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance.

NCL appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance.

''' Read more in Wikipedia '''

* [[w:International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services]]

=== UNSPSC ===

{{Q|The '''[[w:United Nations Standard Products and Services Code|United Nations Standard Products and Services Code]]''' ('''UNSPSC''') is a [[w:Taxonomy (general)|taxonomy]] of products and services for use in [[w:eCommerce|eCommerce]]. It is a four-level hierarchy coded as an eight-digit number, with an optional fifth level adding two more digits.|Wikipedia|What is the UNSPSC?}}

{{Q|The four primary levels of the code are: Segment, Family, Class and Commodity. Each level is coded in two decimal digits, with '00' treated specially to give segments, families and classes their own eight-digit codes.|Wikipedia|How is the [[w:UNSPSC|UNSPSC]] structured?}}

The UNSPSC has a theoretical address space of slightly under 100 million unique "commodity" ids as follows:

# Segment: 99 possiblities

## Family 99*99 possiblilities (9,801)

### Class 99^3 possibilities (970,299)

#### Commodity 99^4 possibilities (96,059,601)

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== Product classification schemes that cannot be found anymore ==

=== EURONICE ===

'''EURONICE''' was a 10+ language Nice compliant database by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). In 2016 OHIM was named to '''[[European Union Intellectual Property Office|EUIPO]]'''.

'''EURONICE''' was a 13+ language Nice compliant database by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). In 2016 OHIM was named it to '''[[European Union Intellectual Property Office|EUIPO]]'''.

Surely the database didn't go to /dev/null.

=== Global Product Classification ===

'''[http://www.ean-ucc.org/global_smp/Global_Product_Classification.html Global Product Classification]''' was a product classification system developed by EAN.UCC in partnership with [[w:Nielsen Corporation|w:ACNielsen]] and [[w:Global Commerce Initiative]]. Initial version was published in 2003. Global Product Classification Task Group]] GPCTG is in charge of development of this classification scheme.

#This product classification is available for browsing for free as [[w:PDF|PDF]] documents.

#[[w:Excel|Excel]] and [[XML]] formats are available for a fee

#Third parties can offer access to the GPC in PDF format. Other format (apparently including [[Wiki]] are restricted and defined in the third party licensee's agreement.

* <small>Historical note from September 2020: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives 24,100 hits on 20:20, 22 Sep 2020</small>

* <small>Historical note from May 2005: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives only 349 hits on 12:20, 17 May 2005 (GMT)</small>

[[Category:Standards]]

[[Category:Coding schemes]]

[[Category:Product classification schemes]]

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-'''Product classifications''' are hierarchical structures to find a class for a products or to find the products in a class with certain data properties.
+'''Product and service classifications''' are hierarchical structures to find a class for a [[product]] or [[service]] or to find the products in a class with certain data properties.
+__TOC__
 Product classifications have various uses:
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 In Consumerium parlance basically what [[Lowest Troll]] used to call [[Product Group]]s.
-== Nice Classification ==
+== Current classifications ==
+=== Open Food Facts taxonomy ===
+[[Open Food Facts]] has a taxonomy for food products. What about [[Open Beauty Facts]] and [[Open Product Facts]]?
+=== Nice Classification ===
 Work on the '''Nice Classification''' was initiated in 1957, in [[w:Nice, France]], hence the name.
-Currently it is managed by '''[[WIPO]]'''.
+Today it is maintained and developed by the '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]'''.
+'''[http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/ Access the Nice database at wipo.int]'''
-'''NCL''' appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance.
+NCL appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance.
+''' Read more in Wikipedia '''
 * [[w:International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services]]
+=== UNSPSC ===
+{{Q|The '''[[w:United Nations Standard Products and Services Code|United Nations Standard Products and Services Code]]''' ('''UNSPSC''') is a [[w:Taxonomy (general)|taxonomy]] of products and services for use in [[w:eCommerce|eCommerce]].  It is a four-level hierarchy coded as an eight-digit number, with an optional fifth level adding two more digits.|Wikipedia|What is the UNSPSC?}}
+{{Q|The four primary levels of the code are: Segment, Family, Class and Commodity. Each level is coded in two decimal digits, with '00' treated specially to give segments, families and classes their own eight-digit codes.|Wikipedia|How is the [[w:UNSPSC|UNSPSC]] structured?}}
+The UNSPSC has a theoretical address space of slightly under 100 million unique "commodity" ids as follows:
+# Segment: 99 possiblities
+## Family 99*99 possiblilities (9,801)
+### Class 99^3  possibilities (970,299)
+#### Commodity 99^4 possibilities (96,059,601)
+----
+== Product classification schemes that cannot be found anymore ==
 === EURONICE ===
-'''EURONICE''' was a 10+ language Nice compliant database by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). In 2016 OHIM was named to '''[[European Union Intellectual Property Office|EUIPO]]'''.
+'''EURONICE''' was a 13+ language Nice compliant database by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). In 2016 OHIM was named it to '''[[European Union Intellectual Property Office|EUIPO]]'''.
 Surely the database didn't go to /dev/null.
+=== Global Product Classification ===
+'''[http://www.ean-ucc.org/global_smp/Global_Product_Classification.html Global Product Classification]''' was a product classification system developed by EAN.UCC in partnership with [[w:Nielsen Corporation|w:ACNielsen]] and [[w:Global Commerce Initiative]]. Initial version was published in 2003. Global Product Classification Task Group]] GPCTG is in charge of development of this classification scheme.
+#This product classification is available for browsing for free as [[w:PDF|PDF]] documents.
+#[[w:Excel|Excel]] and [[XML]] formats are available for a fee
+#Third parties can offer access to the GPC in PDF format. Other format (apparently including [[Wiki]] are restricted and defined in the third party licensee's agreement.
+* <small>Historical note from September 2020: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives 24,100 hits on 20:20, 22 Sep 2020</small>
+* <small>Historical note from May 2005: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives only 349 hits on 12:20, 17 May 2005 (GMT)</small>
+[[Category:Standards]]
+[[Category:Coding schemes]]
+[[Category:Product classification schemes]]