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The Catalogue browser is a Java® based application developed with the ECLIPSE® environment, which allows the browsing, analysis and maintenance of EFSA’s catalogues. It is directly connected with the Data Collection Framework, a platform through which data are submitted to EFSA. It consists of a number of catalogues, in which individual entries are aggregated within a hierarchical parent-child structure. A collection of descriptive facets are also available in the Catalogue browser. The facets are additional information that can be added to the initial selected record. One of the catalogues hosted by the EFSA Catalogue browser is the MTX (FoodEx2 Matrix) catalogue. This is EFSA’s food classification and description system. This user guide is a supporting document for the installation of EFSA's Catalogue browser software. As the installation process is dependent on both the operating system and the Catalogue browser version being installed, errors outside the framework of this document may occur.
We kindly ask you to follow the below instructions to download and extract Catalogue Browser:
- If you are a new user that has no previous version of the catalogue browser installed in your computer, please follow these instructions
- If you are a user that has already installed the catalogue browser (any version) in your computer, please follow these instructions
For any questions or issues you might face, please check the Catalogue browser User guide and do not hesitate to come back to us by writing to data.collection@efsa.europa.eu
Additional information related to catalogues and DCF can be found in the data exchange report and the tool official guideline.