[Sigia-l] Faceted Classification

[Anne Hjortshoj]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Christopher Fahey [askrom] wrote:

> It has always seemed to me that "faceted classification" is just a fancy
> way of saying "put your content into a database and use lots of metadata
> fields".

Maybe the new and exciting thing here is that faceted classification is 
being exposed to the user via navigation design. Instead of relying on a
single navigation path or hierarchy, users create their own path to
content by choosing categories that makes sense to them. 

It's essentially a search interface that has been translated into a
flexible navigational hierarchy. 

-Anne