English Semantic Metadata: Document Categorization

Calais now offers a document categorization capability. Calais will attempt to identify the "aboutness" of the submitted content input - the topic or topics that the content discusses. It is possible that more than one topic will be assigned to the input content, or that no topics will be assigned if the content discussed is not currently covered by the Calais Categorization taxonomy.

The topics currently covered are:

Business_Finance covers topics such as corporate financial results, joint business ventures, global currencies, prices and markets, stocks and bonds, prices, economic forums.

Disaster_Accident: covers topics related to man-made and natural events resulting in damage to objects, loss of life or injury.

Education: covers topics related to aspects of furthering knowledge of humans.

Entertainment_Culture covers topics such as media, movies and TV, literature and journalism, music, celebrities, entertainment products, internet culture, youth culture.

Environment: covers topics related to the condition of our planet such as natural disasters, protection, and their effect on living species as well as inanimate objects or property

Health_Medical_Pharma covers topics such as hospitals and healthcare, medical research, diseases, drugs, pharmaceutical industry, health insurance, diet and nutrition.

Hospitality_Recreation covers topics such as eating and travel, leisure/recreational facilities and general activities undertaken for pleasure and relaxation.

Human Interest: covers lighter topics of general interest for humans.

Labor: covers topics related to the employment of individuals, support of the unemployed.

Law_Crime covers topics relating to the enforcement of rules of behavior in society, breaches of these rules and the resulting punishments; law firms, legal practice and lawsuits.

Politics covers topics such as government policies and actions, politicians and political parties, elections, war and acts of aggression between countries.

Religion_Belief: covers topics such as theology, philosophy, ethics and spirituality.

Social Issues: covers topics related to aspects of the behavior of humans affecting the quality of life.

Sports covers topics such as sports competitions and tournaments, athletes, Olympic games.

Technology_Internet covers topics such as technological innovations, technology-related companies, hardware and software products, internet products and web sites, telecom industry.

Weather covers topics relating to meteorological phenomena.

War_Conflict: covers topics related to acts of socially- or politically- motivated protest and/or violence.

Other includes miscellaneous topics not covered by any of the other categories.