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.. note ::
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- As of XGBoost 1.6, the feature is experimental and has limited features
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-
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- Starting from version 1.5, XGBoost has experimental support for categorical data available
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- for public testing. For numerical data, the split condition is defined as :math: `value <
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- threshold`, while for categorical data the split is defined depending on whether
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- partitioning or onehot encoding is used. For partition-based splits, the splits are
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- specified as :math: `value \in categories`, where ``categories `` is the set of categories
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- in one feature. If onehot encoding is used instead, then the split is defined as
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- :math: `value == category`. More advanced categorical split strategy is planned for future
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- releases and this tutorial details how to inform XGBoost about the data type.
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+ As of XGBoost 1.6, the feature is experimental and has limited features. Only the
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+ Python package is fully supported.
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+ Starting from version 1.5, the XGBoost Python package has experimental support for
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+ categorical data available for public testing. For numerical data, the split condition is
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+ defined as :math: `value < threshold`, while for categorical data the split is defined
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+ depending on whether partitioning or onehot encoding is used. For partition-based splits,
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+ the splits are specified as :math: `value \in categories`, where ``categories `` is the set
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+ of categories in one feature. If onehot encoding is used instead, then the split is
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+ defined as :math: `value == category`. More advanced categorical split strategy is planned
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+ for future releases and this tutorial details how to inform XGBoost about the data type.
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