# Hierarchical Text Classification

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> Updated: 2026-05-13T20:57:52.411Z
> Type: glossary
> Category: dogal-dil-isleme
**TLDR:** A classification problem in which labels are organized in a parent-child hierarchy rather than a flat list.

<p>Hierarchical text classification is important especially in large document taxonomies and enterprise category trees. A text may first be routed to a broad parent class and then to a more specific child label. This makes both error analysis and decision support more meaningful. However, label dependencies and multi-level training strategies require more complex design than flat classification.</p>