http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
Key concepts -- Introduction: what are facets -- Classification: Aristotle's tree -- Facets: Ranganathan's colons -- Ontologies -- Take-aways -- Information retrieval -- Relevance -- Set retrieval -- Precision vs. recall -- Ranked retrieval -- Directory navigation -- Take-aways -- Faceted information retrieval -- Parametric search -- Faceted navigation -- Faceted search -- Take-aways -- Research and practice -- Academic research -- Dynamic queries and query previews -- View-based search -- The flamenco project -- Relation browser -- Mspace -- Parallax -- Take-aways -- Commercial applications -- Endeca -- Ebay -- Amazon -- Open source -- Take-aways -- Practical concerns -- Back-end concerns -- Scale -- Efficiency -- Information overload -- Availability of metadata -- The vocabulary problem -- Multiple entity types -- Take-aways -- Front-end concerns -- Where and when to present facets -- Organizing facets and facet values -- The search box -- Multiple selection from a facet -- Design patterns -- Take-aways -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78).
Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services ; #5