Attribute value dependent classification of items

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically generating item taxonomies based upon attributes of an item. An item taxonomy application analyzes a set of items and an item taxonomy comprising at least one node to generate one or more item families associated with each node in the item taxonomy. The items in each item family have the same values in common for a number of attributes. As part of the generation of item families, a number of potential classification, categorization, or other taxonomic errors may be detected and reported.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, wherein the program, when executed, causes the at least one computing device to at least:
determine an attribute of an item and a value for the attribute of the item; locate a node in an item taxonomy; determine a rule specified by the node for generating an item family, wherein the rule specifies that the item family comprises at least one item that shares a common value with each item in the item family for each of at least one specified attribute; generate the item family according to the rule; associate the item family with the node; determine that the item family exhibits a predefined taxonomical error condition, wherein the predefined taxonomical error condition comprises at least one of:
the item family comprising a single item;the item family comprising zero items; orthe item family comprising a number of items exceeding a predefined threshold; and send an electronic message indicating that the item family exhibits the predefined taxonomical error condition.