Classification is the process of assigning metadata to content, specifically the selection of a document class and property values. Classification can also be accomplished by filing objects into folders that define classification taxonomies.
Entry templates can help automate the classification process by filing the document into prespecified folders and by predefining the class and property values of the object.
Automatic classification is a capability that classifies an incoming document by examining its content. FileNet P8 supports automatic classification of XML documents, though custom classification plug-ins can be created for any document format. For XML classification, administrators create mapping scripts that associate XML tags in the incoming document to properties, thus enabling the automatic classification of any XML document.