The properties of a category class determine the default behavior of categories belonging to the class. Categories can override the default settings. If you are using the Assign as Attributes option to write category assignments into document attributes, the category class identifies which attribute CIS writes the category names into.

CIS includes one category class by default, named Generic. In many instances, you can configure this category class and use it for all of your categories. Create additional category classes to assign category information to a different attribute or use different rules for generating category evidence.

Before creating a taxonomy, pay attention to the category class definition, in particular when you want to implement some inheritance. For example, to have documents matching a category only if they match the parent category, add a category link to the parent, with weight "Required", as default category evidence.

Before deleting a category class, reassign all categories to use another category class.

Related topics: