[Sigcr-l] faceted classification for internet portal

[Aida Slavic]

[Apologies for cross-posting)

I would like to inform you of a new research project at University
College London (U.K.) - 'Facet Analytical Theory for Knowledge Structure
in Humanities'

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/fatks/

The project goal is to explore the use of a faceted vocabulary in a
joint humanities portal between two U.K. humanities
gateways: AHDS (www.ahds.ac.uk) and Humbul (www.humbul.ac.uk).

The source for building this vocabulary will be classifications such as
BC2, BSO and UDC, and thesauri (e.g. AAT, HASSET etc.). The vocabulary
will be maintained as a standalone authority file with entirely machine
processable data and will be integrated into the portal architecture. It
will support both browsing and retrieval across heterogeneous AHDS and
Humbul resources.

Aida Slavic
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
University College London
tel. 020 7679 7205
fax. 020 7383 0557