Re: Prototype faceted classification for Nursing - comments requested

Hi Melvin
 
Thanks for sharing your Nursing FacetMap sample.  I enjoyed reviewing it.  
Here are a few simple tricks to improve efficiency.  
 
1)  STRUCTURED ORDER.  You want each of your lists to be in some kind of 
structured order.  Obviously this makes it easier to find the topic of interest.  
It also gives your site the feel of an organized system.  Alphabetical order 
is the default.  However you can also use another method, such as 
chronological, which you used in your date group.  BTW you might want to consider reverse 
chronological order for that area.
 
2)  NECESSARY LEVELS.  Each level should have at least two choices.  For 
example, Nursing Functions has two subheadings – Administration and Nursing Care.  
However, Nursing Care only has one subheading – Nursing Intervention, which 
also has only one subheading – Illness Treatment.  Your client must go through 
three levels to arrive at the needed information.  Each level has the same 152 
documents, so you only need one level.
 
3)  EFFICIENT LABELS.  Several of your subject areas use the same word in all 
their facets.  For example, in Nursing Specialties, each facet ends with the 
word nursing.  Since the overall label for this area is Nursing Specialties, 
we already know that each facet is a type of nursing.  Just use the specialty 
as the label, i.e. Obstetrics, Nephrology, Surgery, Psychiatry, etc.  If you 
also put the facets in alphabetical order, you will have a highly browsable 
list.  In addition, eliminating 17 uses of the word nursing gives you more room on 
your page for other information.  
 
There are also some areas for improvement that relate to the FacetMap design. 
 
 
4)  NAVIGATION TRAIL.  FacetMap indicates the navigation trail at the top of 
the page.  That’s good.  However, in the actual area where you chose a 
subject, they only use the label of the first level.  For example, the trail to 
Professional is Nursing Functions > Administration > Professional but the actual 
choices for Professional are labeled as Nursing Functions.  This is confusing 
and erroneous since the label does not reflect what is labeled. 
 
BTW, suggest you change Professional to Professional Staff.  All facet 
choices include the word staff.  That's 7 word repetitions that could be 
streamlined.  

5)  SERVE YOUR CLIENT.  Each subject area in FacetMap begins with the word 
Browse.  This is a confusing addition to the structure.  I am assuming it is 
there to create a unified look-and-feel for all FacetMap browsing structures.  
However the absolutely most important thing is to make the structure as easy as 
possible for the client to use.  For improved efficiency, I’m suggesting that 
FacetMap develop another technique to create a unified look.  For example, 
they could create an overall heading like “Browse a FacetMap.”  
 
Thanks again, Melvin.  You’ve got a great start here.

Katherine
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Katherine Bertolucci
Taxonomy and Information Management Consultant
Isis Information Services
P O Box 627
Phoenix, AZ 85001
602-258-2035
[email protected]


In a message dated 9/23/2004 4:34:07 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:
Message: 1         
   Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:10:25 -0000
   From: "melvink2" <[email protected]>
Subject: Prototype faceted classification for Nursing - comments requested

Hi everyone,


A very good day to you.

I have built a prototype nursing faceted classification for my Uni 
research project using FacetMap. 

DemoName: NursingSample

At present I have only assigned about 20 resources but will be 
gradually increasing to about 500 and more if the facetmap demo 
system allows me too. 

I am hoping that would help to show the capability of the structure 
to reduce the information overload and increase 
information/knowledge discovery through the various facets even with 
the ever increasing content.

I would appreciate it if you'll could review it and pass me your 
comments or email me if you have any queries.

I would like to know if you think its  good or bad or any comments 
at all?

I am hoping to improve it through your various 
comments /insights /opinions etc.

Hope to hear from you'll. 

Thank you in advance for your comments.

Regards,

Melvin Jay Kumar


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