categoryappropriateness
Category appropriateness is the degree to which an item belongs in a given category within a taxonomy or classification scheme. It depends on defined criteria, scope notes, and the intended purpose of the categorization. An appropriate category is one that is clear, stable, and useful for downstream tasks such as search, filtering, and analytics. Ideally, categories have well-specified boundaries and minimize ambiguity or overlap with other categories.
In information systems, category appropriateness informs metadata tagging, content discovery, product catalogs, and dataset labeling. It
Assessing category appropriateness combines human judgment and automated checks. Guidelines and examples support consistency. Inter-annotator agreement
Best practices include defining explicit criteria, providing scope notes and examples, choosing an appropriate granularity, avoiding