gui – Parerga und Paralipomena http://www.michelepasin.org/blog At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded - Wittgenstein Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:26:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 13825966 Faceted Browsing: a conceptual map http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2009/03/05/faceted-browsing-a-conceptual-map/ http://www.michelepasin.org/blog/2009/03/05/faceted-browsing-a-conceptual-map/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:26:03 +0000 http://magicrebirth.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/faceted-browsing-a-conceptual-map/ UPDATE 8/6/11: I uploaded an improved version of the map Faceted search (navigation, or browsing) is a technique for accessing a collection of information represented using a faceted classification, allowing users to explore by filtering available information. A faceted classification system allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways, rather than in a single, pre-determined, taxonomic order.

There are quite a few resources freely available on the web that might help you with building a faceted browser; to this purpose (and in conjunction with a research seminar we had at CCH) I’ve put together a conceptual map that attempts to organize this wealth of information a bit more..

 

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