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Faceted search augments lexical search with a faceted navigation system, allowing users to narrow results by applying filters based on a faceted classification of the items. It is a parametric search technique. A faceted classification system classifies each information element along multiple explicit dimensions, facets, enabling the classifications to…

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Overview

Mass market use

Libraries and information science

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

Faceted search

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples20
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

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Faceted search

Top relations

related to Libraries and information science · 11
Faceted search → Dewey Decimal Classification, In, Modern, North Carolina State University, Noted, OCLC Open WorldCat, OPAC, Pennsylvania State University, Ranganathan, The CiteSeerX, Triangle Research Libraries Network
related to Mass market use · 4
Faceted search → An, Faceted, In, Online

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

faceted search information system classification facets online library academic university marti hearst libraries science applications retailers navigation users technique using

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
authorinstance ofThey are often derived by analysis of the text of an item using entity extraction techniques or from pre-existing fields in a database0.80text
descriptorinstance ofThey are often derived by analysis of the text of an item using entity extraction techniques or from pre-existing fields in a database0.80text
languageinstance ofThey are often derived by analysis of the text of an item using entity extraction techniques or from pre-existing fields in a database0.80text
and formatinstance ofThey are often derived by analysis of the text of an item using entity extraction techniques or from pre-existing fields in a database0.80text
table searchinstance ofThe CiteSeerX project at the Pennsylvania State University allows faceted search for academic documents and continues to expand into other facets0.80text
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceIn0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceRanganathan0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceDewey Decimal Classification0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceModern0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceOPAC0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceNoted0.60section
Faceted searchrelated to Libraries and information scienceNorth Carolina State University0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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