5.4 Categorization Best Practices

1. Simplify Categories: Excersise a reductionist approach to simplify categories to its most basic form.

2. Multi-Label Classification: Allow records to belong to multiple categories simultaneously.

3. Threshold Scores: Include threshold scores for each category assignment.

4. Interpretability: Well define categories & features to ensure interpretability of the classification results.

5. Cross-Protocol Consistency: Ensure consistent categorization across different protocols for similar state transitions.

6. Version Control: Maintain strict version control.

7. Auditability: Ensure that the categorization process is auditable.

8. Privacy-Preserving Classification: Consider using homomorphic encryption or secure multi-party computation for privacy-sensitive features.

9. Efficient Querying: Optimise category to record mapping for efficient querying of records based on category criteria.