Re: Facet structure/facet seqence (was: Introductions)

The theory of Library classification as explained by
S.R. Ranganathan in his "Prolegomena to Library
Classification" Ed 3, would form the basis for such an
approach.

Devadason

--- Austin Govella <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/11/05, F.J.Devadason <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Faceted Representation has to reflect the facet
> > structure/ facet sequence. As I did not mention
> about
> > facet sequence I said "almost corresponds" to.
> > 
> > A faceted representation should reflect the "facet
> > structure" too.
> 
> I think this is an interesting approach and am
> curious to hear more.
> 
> In my view, any given object or concept has an
> infinite number of
> potential facets. "Facet structure" seems to suggest
> at least a
> primary collection of facets, more important than
> others, and that
> their structure should suggest the nature of the
> resulting taxonomy.
> 
> Am I reading this right?
> 
> And if this is the case, how do you best determine
> the 'primary
> collection of facets'? Facet patterns derived from
> culture? Use?
> 
> I think we can all intuit the facets we should
> expose for a given
> object. I was just wondering if you were suggesting
> a more defined
> approach.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Austin Govella
> Thinking & Making: IA, UX, and IxD
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