Faceted classification sounds a lot like the sort of feature definition that
gets done when defining cases in case-based reasoning, and even like plain
old fashioned relational databases. (Or did I miss the point?) If so
experience in these fields might give pointers on how to do it well.
Dr Victoria Uren
KMi, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1908 858516
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/victoria/
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/scholonto/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Shapiro [SMTP:alex@touchgraph.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 6:29 AM
> To: unrev-II@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [unrev-II] faceted classification
>
> Read more at http://peterme.com/archives/00000063.html --Alex
>
> ... faceted classification, one of the most powerful, yet least
> understood,
> methods of organizing information.
>
> Faceted classification, on the other hand, is a bottom-up scheme. Here,
> each object is tagged with a certain set of attributes and values (these
> are the facets), and the organization of these objects emerges from this
> classification, and how a user chooses to access them. Toys, for example,
> lend themselves to a faceted classification, with the facets being things
> like, "Suitable Age," "Price," "Subject Type," "Brand," and even
> "Character" (like Barbie or Elmo).
>
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