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COFOG Functional Classification Taxonomy

cofog_taxonomy.Rd

A lookup table containing the first-level Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) taxonomy used by `govhrcast` to classify government establishments according to their primary functional responsibilities.

Usage

data(cofog_taxonomy)

Format

A data frame with 10 rows and 3 variables:

class_id

Character. Two-digit COFOG class identifier (e.g., `"01"`, `"02"`).

class_label

Character. Name of the first-level COFOG function.

description

Character. Collection of keywords and descriptive terms associated with each COFOG function. These are intended to support rule-based and machine-assisted classification of government establishments.

The ten first-level COFOG functions are:

  1. General Public Services

  2. Defence

  3. Public Order and Safety

  4. Economic Affairs

  5. Environmental Protection

  6. Housing and Community Amenities

  7. Health

  8. Recreation, Culture and Religion

  9. Education

  10. Social Protection

Source

United Nations. *Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG)*; International Monetary Fund. *Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014*.

Details

The dataset includes the ten top-level COFOG classes defined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Government Finance Statistics Manual and the United Nations Classification of the Functions of Government, together with descriptive keyword dictionaries that facilitate automated establishment classification during HRMIS harmonization.

This dataset is intended primarily for internal use by the establishment harmonization workflow, where establishment names are mapped to functional classifications using keyword matching and other natural language processing methods. Users may also employ the taxonomy directly when developing custom classification rules or validating automated classifications in general.

See also

dictionary,