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Story. 49.3 “Smart-Match B”: Product Title auto-sets Dropdowns

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General info

Users enter a free-text Product Title (e.g. “Hermès Birkin 30 Etoupe Gold”). We use rule-based logic against our Airtable lists to auto-fill Brand, Model+Size, Color, and Material fields. We prioritize exact matches – no fuzzy corrections. Any attribute not matched stays blank for manual selection; all dropdowns include an Other option.

Our Airtable source includes multilingual variants (English, German, French) from our Weglot data, so titles in any of these languages map back to a single English canonical value.

This story covers the parsing logic only; dropdown UI behavior is in a separate story.

Rules & Details

  1. Exact Matching with Exploration

    • Normalize title (lowercase, strip punctuation, normalize accents).

    • By default, match only full tokens or exact phrases from Airtable.

    • Explore optional high-confidence fuzzy or proximity matching (e.g., Levenshtein distance) for edge cases – but avoid guessing at the cost of accuracy.

  2. Attribute Dependencies

    • Model depends on detected Brand.

    • Size depends on detected Model (e.g., Birkin→sizes 25,30,35).

    • Color scoped to Brand (brand‑specific names first, then generic).

    • Material scoped to Brand (Hermès leathers vs. generic types).

    • Hardware parsing: detect terms like “Palladium”, “Gold‑plated”, “Gold Tone” – but be cautious since “Gold” may refer to either color or metal finish.

  3. Translations & Canonical Values

    • Airtable stores EN/DE/FR variants from Weglot; match any variant and save as the English canonical term.

  4. Other Fallback

    • If an attribute isn’t matched (or match confidence is low), leave it blank and let the user select manually. Always display Other as dropdown option.

  5. Analytics & Continuous Improvement

    • Log every title and parser result to an analytics table.

    • Review common misses and update Airtable data or matching logic over time.

User Story

As a seller,
I want the system to auto-fill form fields from my title,
So that I can list my bag faster and with fewer clicks.

Visual design

Desktop & Mobile:

Step 1: Title input + Continue button. (will be new design)

Step 2: Detailed form with: (existing design)

  1. Pre-filled fields for matched attributes

  2. Blank dropdowns (with Other) for unmatched ones

  3. Clear notice: “We’ve auto-filled these fields based on your title. Please review.”

Acceptance Criteria

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Scenario

01

Given a title with “Hermès”

When parsed

Then Brand = Hermès

02

Given title includes “Birkin 30”

When parsed

Then Model/Size = Birkin 30 and Brand=Hermes

03

Given title includes “Etoupe”

When parsed

Then Color = Etoupe and Brand=Hermes, as Etoupe is only a Hermes Color

04

Given title includes “Togo”

When parsed

Then Material = Togo

05

Given title in German (“Hermès Birkin 30 Weiß”)

When parsed

Then Color = White (English)

06

Given title term not in lists

When parsed

Then corresponding field remains blank and Other is available

07

Given title contains model but no brand

When model uniquely matches a brand

Then Brand inferred by model

08

Given parsing runs

When completed

Then record title + matched results to analytics for later review

Future: Evaluate AI-enhanced parsing once we have sufficient analytics data.

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