Forms of Categorization 

In the BSP application category editor you define categorization schemas, which contain categories organized either hierarchically or by attributes.

Hierarchical categorization

You can choose the hierarchical categorization in the category editor.

This is a strict hierarchical arrangement of categories and each category describes a subject. Higher-level categories merely represent the context of each subject.

You cannot use any category duplicates in the hierarchical categorization.

Example of a hierarchical categorization:

·        Foodstuffs

¡        Packaging

§         Stable

§         Unstable

¡        Taste

§         Tasteful

§         Not enjoyable

Attribute categorization

You can choose the attribute categorization in the category editor.

Attribute categorization is not strictly hierarchical and allows you to use category duplicates to map value combinations.

With attribute categorization, each category is a property of a subject, without which a subject would not be fully described. A subject is described from the combination of several categories. Such a combination corresponds to a path in the category hierarchy. Shared properties of different subjects are mapped in the form of category duplicates.

Example of an attribute categorization:

·        Foodstuffs

¡        Packaging

§         Praise

§         Complaint

¡        Taste

§         Praise

§         Complaint

In this example, Praise and Complaint are category duplicates, semantically identical categories; in total, the following subjects are expressed here as combinations of properties:

·        {Foodstuffs, packaging, praise}

·        {Foodstuffs, packaging, complaint}

·        {Foodstuffs, taste, praise}

·        {Foodstuffs, taste, complaint}

Praise and Complaint are properties that are independent of the packaging or the taste. This means that the specification of such a property on its own does not determine whether it concerns the packaging or the taste.