Beginner · NLP

Document Classification

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TL;DR. Assigning predefined categories or labels to entire documents based on their content.

Technical Definition

Assigning predefined categories or labels to entire documents based on their content.

How it works

Document classification is a task in text classification where the granularity is at the document level. It involves training models on examples of classified documents to automatically categorize new documents. This is widely used for organizing archives, routing customer inquiries, and managing information in large enterprises.