NICE Internet Publication Help

EDITION-VERSION

The edition-version drop-down selector on the left side of the screen allows you to change the edition version currently displayed in all tabs of the internet publication. For older edition-versions that cannot be displayed in NCLPUB, links to previous files are displayed.

The edition version can also be linked directly in the address bar as http://web2.wipo.int/classifications/nice/nclpub/en/fr/<YYYYMMDD>/ where <YYYYMMDD> is the date the given edition version goes into force.

CLASS INDEX

Class selector interface divided into the 34 classes of goods and 11 classes of services. Click any one of the class numbers to view the indications corresponding to that class.

Pagination

Users on a slow internet connection can tick the “Pagination” checkbox on the left interaction bar to split the list into more manageable pieces.

When pagination is enabled, a list of page numbers is displayed above the list of goods or services on the right side with previous and next links to navigate between pages.

In flat mode, pagination splits the list into pages of about 100 goods or services each. The two hierarchical modes are split in a more complicated fashion. The system will automatically ensure that the goods and services for a given hierarchy group are all on the same page, but two subgroups of a given hierarchy group may fall on different pages. When this occurs, the missing parent groups on a subsequent page are included at the top of the list to help identify where the given hierarchy group fits into the overall class taxonomy. These breadcrumb groups are displayed in a darker color to indicate that the previous page contained additional content for those groups.

LANGUAGE

Four configurations are available in Authentic Languages: English, French, Bilingual with English on left, and Bilingual with French on left.

To visit the NICE Classification in other language combinations, click in the “OTHER” dropdown menu.

LINKS TO TM OFFICES

Provides access to other language versions of NICE Classification (as established by some national authorities), and databases.

VIEW MODE

The three view modes render the same list of goods and services in different ways:

The Full and Hierarchical modes show the taxonomy structure of goods and services within their respective hierarchy groups.

-       In full mode, the entire tree of hierarchy groups with their associated goods or services is displayed. All groups are visible in an indented tree structure.

-       Hierarchical mode displays the groups in the taxonomy tree in a collapsed state. Click on a hierarchy group title to expand it and view the indications of individual goods or services under it. Subgroups can be similarly expanded. Clicking the hierarchy group title a second time will collapse it once more. When expanded, the title will show a plus icon (). When collapsed, a minus icon ( ) is displayed.

-       Flat mode displays all the goods or services in the class in a single list.

The terms are sorted in alphabetical order of the sort expression, which is highlighted in bold for each indication.

Synonym indications, if there are any, are displayed beside the master indication. Synonym indications are separated from the master and other synonym indications by a ‘/’ character.

SHOW

Regardless of view mode, the class heading is displayed at the top of the page.

-       The “Explanatory Notes” checkbox on the left interaction bar can be ticked to display the explanatory notes for the class under the class heading.

-       The “Basic Numbers” checkbox toggles whether or not basic numbers for each term are displayed to the left of that term.

NCLPUB version X.Y

Version X.Y of the NCLPUB software.

Last modified:

Date of the last change in NCLPUB.

Bridge function

Clicking on this icon next to each indication will open a pop-up window; clicking on one of the offered choices in the pop-up window either displays the closest corresponding indication in the selected language version or initiates a search in the selected database with the respective indication as parameter.

PDF view

Clicking on this icon next to the Class number title opens the corresponding Class in PDF format.

Information files  

Any class heading, hierarchy group, or individual good or service may have an information file associated with it. If such a file exists, this information icon is displayed beside the class heading, hierarchy group title, or specific indication.

Click this icon to open the information file in a new window or tab, depending on how your browser is configured. Links to other classes inside the information file will open in the original window. In order for the original window to be brought to the foreground when a link is clicked in the information files window, Firefox users must ensure the Tools --> Options --> Content --> Advanced (the button next to "Enable JavasScript") --> Raise or lower windows option has been enabled.

Background color

The following color coding is applied to backgrounds of NICE entries:

-       Hierarchic titles are highlighted with a pale orange background.

-       Occurrences of searched indications are highlighted with a green background.

Linked basic numbers

When clicking an hyperlinked basic numbers, the corresponding indication will be displayed in the Class tab highlighted with a green background.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Select a letter of the alphabet from either the goods or services table to view the list.

PDF view

Clicking on this icon next to the “List of Classes with explanatory notes” title opens the full list of classes with explanatory notes in PDF format.

Basic No. or Search Terms

Basic Number Search

To look up a good or service basic number, type a six digit number into the “Basic No. or Search Terms” box. As soon as a six digit number is recognized, other inputs on the search form are disabled and the search button label is changed to reflect a basic number lookup. Click the button or press enter on the search field to perform the search.

Provided the Basic Number is a valid good or service in the Classification, the results page contains information about the class and, optionally, the taxonomy of hierarchy groups containing the requested good or service. Only those groups that are direct ancestors of the requested term are displayed, and their representation depends on the same view mode selectors described for the Class tab. The information file icons are displayed with the search results, in the same way as displays on the Class tab.

Term Search

If anything other than a six digit number is entered into the search box, a term search is performed. Optionally choose to limit the search to specific classes and have the option to enable or disable searching of information files.

The search engine is indexed separately for English and French languages. When a bilingual data language is selected, the search only occurs in the first language. The search index automatically takes care of word stemming and other patterns based on the grammars of the primary data language.

If a list of several terms separated by spaces is introduced, either the Boolean operator OR, or the operator AND is applied between the terms, according to the choice of the radio button.  Alternatively, combinations of Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT, wildcards etc. can be introduced in the Search Terms box.  For more information see “Search Syntax” below.

The Search form can be submitted either by clicking the “Search” button or pressing the enter key on any of the input fields.

At the top of the search results page, a table listing all matching classes in order of the number of matches in each class is displayed. Click a class number link to jump to the class in the search results.

The results page for a term search can be manipulated in the same way as the Class tab, with separate view modes for full, hierarchical and flat display, and checkboxes to show or hide explanatory notes or basic numbers are displayed. However, only those goods and services that have indications matching the search terms are displayed. Hierarchy groups are displayed only if their titles match the search term, or if they contain other hierarchy groups, goods, or services that match the search term. Thus, the entire tree structure above each matching term is displayed.

Words matching your search terms are highlighted with a green background.

Operators:

The AND operator is the default conjunction operator. This means that if there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the AND operator is used. This operator matches entries where both terms exist anywhere in the text of a single place.

The OR operator links two terms and finds a matching place if either of the terms exist in this place.

Exact search:

Looks for the exact match of the term searched.

Include information files:

If you check the “Include Information Files” icon before submitting a term search, the search engine will also search all information files in selected classes. If an information file exists for a class, hierarchy group, or good or service, the icon is displayed in search results regardless of whether the information file contains matching terms. However, if information files were searched and the information file contains a search term, the icon is displayed with a green background. Clicking the icon for matching information files will show the search term highlighted in the resulting information file window.

Select classes:

To limit your search to specific classes, tick the check boxes beside any classes you want to search before submitting the search. The four selectors above the list of classes allow for manipulating the class selection in bulk. Choose to select only goods, only services, all classes, or none. Further fine tune your selecting by ticking or unticking individual checkboxes for each class.

“Search” button

The list of search results is displayed. Occurrences of searched indications are highlighted with a green background.