Taxonomy

The Taxonomy tag is used to create one or more hierarchical classifications, storing both choice selections and their ancestors in the results. Use for nested classification tasks with the Choice tag.

Use with the following data types: audio, image, HTML, paragraphs, text, time series, video.

Parameters

Param	Type	Default	Description
name	`string`		Name of the element
toName	`string`		Name of the element that you want to classify
[leafsOnly]	`boolean`	`false`	Allow annotators to select only leaf nodes of taxonomy
[showFullPath]	`boolean`	`false`	Whether to show the full path of selected items
[pathSeparator]	`string`	`"/"`	Separator to show in the full path
[maxUsages]	`number`		Maximum number of times a choice can be selected per task
[maxWidth]	`number`		Maximum width for dropdown
[minWidth]	`number`		Minimum width for dropdown
[required]	`boolean`	`false`	Whether taxonomy validation is required
[requiredMessage]	`string`		Message to show if validation fails
[placeholder=]	`string`		What to display as prompt on the input

Example

Labeling configuration for providing a taxonomy of choices in response to a passage of text

<View>
  <Taxonomy name="media" toName="text">
    <Choice value="Online">
      <Choice value="UGC" />
      <Choice value="Free" />
      <Choice value="Paywall">
        <Choice value="NY Times" />
        <Choice value="The Wall Street Journal" />
      </Choice>
    </Choice>
    <Choice value="Offline" />
  </Taxonomy>
  <Text name="text" value="You'd never believe what he did to the country" />
</View>