RE: Digest Number 117

--- In [email protected], "HALL Bill" <bill.hall@t...> wrote:
> What you are describing are the various intersections of a Venn diagram
> [search Google for abundant information on the concept].
> 
> I have used Venn diagrams very successfully in the last couple of months
> to explain to our corporate records management and IT people the
> numerous advantages faceted classification matrices have over single
> dimensional classifications.
> 
> If someone comes up with a browser based Venn-based GUI to build a
> faceted query I would be most interested - especially if this is
> something that produced an XML output structure that could easily be
> bolted on to a third party content management system. 
>  
Your prayers have been heard. Although not really faceted, Aduna (www.aduna.biz) has created AutoFocus which I think is a Venn diagram visualisation of categories (facets is just one more small step to go). They have a trial version:
http://aduna.biz/products/autofocus/personal/index.html
Why aren't they using XFML for their data???
I sure am having a lot of fun browsing through my enormous amounts of files. ☺

Marcel



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