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TRansformerCLI: Do IPC classes need the type Main? #74

Closed legolego closed 5 years ago

legolego commented 5 years ago

This is kind of a nitpick, but it doesn't look like IPC classifications have a main distinction like CPC classes in the source XML. Can the type field be removed from the JSON?

Is order of IPC classes in the source XML important? Maybe an index number or same order as the source in the JSON files would be better.

US9428405B2-github.zip

Source XML (attached):

<classifications-ipcr> <classification-ipcr> <ipc-version-indicator><date>20060101</date></ipc-version-indicator> <classification-level>A</classification-level> <section>F</section> <class>16</class> <subclass>K</subclass> <main-group>17</main-group> <subgroup>14</subgroup> <symbol-position>F</symbol-position> <classification-value>I</classification-value> <action-date><date>20160830</date></action-date> <generating-office><country>US</country></generating-office> <classification-status>B</classification-status> <classification-data-source>H</classification-data-source> </classification-ipcr>

Resulting JSON:

    "ipc": [
        {
            "type": "main",
            "raw": "B01D 17/02",
            "normalized": "B01D 17/02",
            "facets": [
                "0/B",
                "1/B/B01",
                "2/B/B01/B01D",
                "3/B/B01/B01D/B01D17",
                "4/B/B01/B01D/B01D17/B01D1702"
            ]
        },
bgfeldm commented 5 years ago

The XML schema changed on 2005-08-25. From 2002 - 2005 the inclosed IPC schema was the same as the current CPC schema. But I believe the IPC inventive class is equivalent to the CPC main class. I may need to update the output json.