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| '''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. | | '''Product classifications''' are hierarchical structures to find a class for a products or to find the products in a class with certain data properties. |
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| Product classifications have various uses: | | Product classifications have various uses: |
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| In Consumerium parlance basically what [[Lowest Troll]] used to call [[Product Group]]s. | | In Consumerium parlance basically what [[Lowest Troll]] used to call [[Product Group]]s. |
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| == Current classifications ==
| | == Nice Classification == |
| === Open Food Facts taxonomy ===
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| [[Open Food Facts]] has a taxonomy for food products. What about [[Open Beauty Facts]] and [[Open Product Facts]]?
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| === Nice Classification ===
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| Work on the '''Nice Classification''' was initiated in 1957, in [[w:Nice, France]], hence the name. | | Work on the '''Nice Classification''' was initiated in 1957, in [[w:Nice, France]], hence the name. |
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| Today it is maintained and developed by the '''[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]'''.
| | Currently it is managed by '''[[WIPO]]'''. |
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| '''[http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/ Access the Nice database at wipo.int]'''
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| NCL appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance. | | '''NCL''' appears to be the abbreviation in industry parlance. |
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| ''' Read more in Wikipedia '''
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| * [[w:International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services]] | | * [[w:International (Nice) Classification of Goods and Services]] |
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| === UNSPSC ===
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| {{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?}}
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| {{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?}}
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| The UNSPSC has a theoretical address space of slightly under 100 million unique "commodity" ids as follows:
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| # Segment: 99 possiblities
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| ## Family 99*99 possiblilities (9,801)
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| ### Class 99^3 possibilities (970,299)
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| #### Commodity 99^4 possibilities (96,059,601)
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| == Product classification schemes that cannot be found anymore ==
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| === EURONICE === | | === 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]]'''. | |
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| Surely the database didn't go to /dev/null. | | Surely the database didn't go to /dev/null. |
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| === Global Product Classification === | | == UNSPSC == |
| '''[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. | | {{Q|The '''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|UNSPSC}} |
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| #This product classification is available for browsing for free as [[w:PDF|PDF]] documents.
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| #[[w:Excel|Excel]] and [[XML]] formats are available for a fee
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| #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.
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| * <small>Historical note from September 2020: A Google search for "Global Product Classification" gives 24,100 hits on 20:20, 22 Sep 2020</small>
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| * <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>
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| [[Category:Standards]]
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| [[Category:Coding schemes]]
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| [[Category:Product classification schemes]]
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