2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to: use the replacement rules, replacing each word in the dictionary with its corresponding representative, thereby producing a standardized dictionary; add a new record to the standardized product database corresponding to a new product, wherein the new record includes attribute fields; and select values for the attribute fields from the standardized dictionary.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to: use the replacement rules, replacing each word in the dictionary with its corresponding representative, thereby producing a standardized dictionary; add a new record to the standardized product database corresponding to a new product, wherein the new record includes attribute fields; and select values for the attribute fields from the standardized dictionary. 14. The system of claim 2 further comprising a camera for acquiring a product image for the new product.