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The article describes the nature of a faceted classification, and its application in document retrieval. The kinds of facet used are illustrated. Procedures are then discussed for identifying facets in a subject field, populating the facets with individual subject terms, arranging these in helpful sequences, using the scheme to classify documents, and searching the resultant classified index, with particular reference to Internet search.
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Vickery, B. Faceted Classification for the Web. Axiomathes 18, 145–160 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-007-9025-9
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