Manage Classifications

Colectica allows you to manage two types of classifications: category schemes and code schemes.

A category is generic term for items at any level within a classification (OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms). A sample category scheme for genders might have two items, Male and Female.

A code associates a value with a category. The value is often numeric, but could be any string. A code scheme allows a collection of codes to be specified in either a flat or hierarchical manner.

Multiple code schemes may be associated with the same category scheme. For example, one code scheme might assign values to the gender category scheme as follows.

Another code scheme might assign different values to the same categories.