Cloud-based pluggable classification system

A classification system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, cause the classification system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a source system via a communication network, a request comprising a text term to be classified;
• accessing a rule associated with the text term, the rule indicating at least one classifier of a plurality of classifiers installed at the data classification system;
• generating classification information for the text term using the at least one classifier indicated by the rule, the generated classification information comprising a classification selected by the at least one classifier from a taxonomy stored in a data store;
• and
• transmitting, via the communication network to the source system, the generated classification information for the text term.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a source system via a communication network, a request comprising a text term to be classified;
• accessing a rule associated with the text term, the rule indicating at least one classifier of a plurality of classifiers installed at the computer system;
• generating classification information for the text term using the at least one classifier indicated by the rule, the generated classification information comprising a classification selected by the at least one classifier from a taxonomy stored in a data store;
• and
• transmitting, via the communication network to the source system, the generated classification information for the text term.