Import a Controlled Vocabulary/TaxonomyImport a Controlled Vocabulary/Taxonomy

You can upload a spreadsheet containing your entire set of classifications in a classification scheme. 

Supported file formats

The file formats accepted is .XLS and .CSV.

• The XLS file should be saved as a Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP file type.
• The CSV is a standard comma separated file using the standard notations.

Structure of file

• The header consists of an URI classification and a translation for each supported submission language (URI, en_GB).  
• Each row represents a classification entry.
• If you are to upload a simple one-level-list of keywords (like a vocabulary), then the URIs can be 1,2,3,3 or the same term as the keyword.
• If the list is hierarchical (taxonomy), then the URI needs to reflect the hierarchy. 
  Here are some examples of different URI setup:
  
• Blank spaces are not allowed in URI
• Only use alphanumerical lower case characters (a-z), special characters are underscore ( _ ) and forward-slash ( /) in URI
• Each URI value is expected to be unique

Upload the file

Go to Master Data > Classification Schemes. Click the + icon which opens the Editor and then select Import from spreadsheet:

Once uploaded all classifications will be added to the classification scheme editor in an unsaved state. Saving the classification scheme completes the import. 

Manage imported keywords going forward

If the controlled vocabulary at some point changes or gets expanded with new concepts and you need this to be reflected in the version you have in Pure, you need to manually update it.