The classifiers constitute a regulatory instrument to structure the budget of a public organization.
Classifier is a term that can be used as an adjective or as a noun. The first meaning mentioned by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary refers to what it classifies .
The action of classifying, meanwhile, refers to ordering something . When classifying, the usual thing is to arrange the items in question according to their class or category . The concept of classifier, in this framework, is used in various areas.
The classifier as a utensil
A classifier is a system , device or utensil that, by having divisions, is appropriate for classifying different things. Terms such as file cabinet , folder or bibliorate refer to different types of classifiers.
Many times classifiers are items that allow papers to be grouped and filed . They usually have rings, clamps or other supports to hold the sheets, as well as separators that make it possible to establish divisions.
These classifiers, in short, are used to file and organize documents . The person who stores information in them can access it easily.
The concept in accounting
In the accounting field, the idea of an economic classifier is often used. The classifier is a concept or code that is used to group financial movements of the same item, sector or type .
Economic classifiers are often used in public budgets. In this way, the visualization and control of operations is facilitated, with which institutions and citizens can observe in detail what the money contributed by taxpayers is used for. A public administration can use a classifier of expenses, resources and financing, to mention one possibility.
It is important to keep in mind that the classifier is considered a normative instrument . Its criteria are used to structure the income and expenses of public sector organizations.
In Paralympic sports, classifiers evaluate competitors to group them according to their limitations.
Classifier in linguistics
In the field of linguistics , a classifier is a morpheme or a word that, according to its meaning, classifies the referent of a countable noun . In this way, if the noun appears with a demonstrative or with a numeral, the classifier is used.
Japanese, Chinese and Korean are some of the languages that appeal to classifiers. While there are nouns that have several classifiers, others do not need any.
The notion in mathematics
Another meaning of classifier is linked to an algorithm . Thus, the classifier assigns the incoming element that is not labeled to a specific category.
What the classifier does is arrange the incoming elements by classes , taking into account what characterizes them. It is common that, with the objective of establishing a classifier, one works with the elements already labeled to define a rule that is useful when assigning a label to the new data.
Classifier in Paralympic sport
Paralympic sports bring together competitors with different types of intellectual and physical disabilities. The individual who has the responsibility of evaluating the limitations of athletes to group them into classes is called a classifier.
Thanks to the work of the classifiers, the competitions are held on equal terms: it is the abilities and talent of the athletes that define the results, and not the deficiencies.