From Sumo to Samurai: getting your taxonomies fighting fit: Part 1
Jinfo Article
8th June 2010
By Kate Simpson
Abstract
Hierarchical taxonomies seem to dominate our lives because they are supported by most of the tools we use daily, from Windows Explorer to content management systems. But are they the best way of organising and finding our digital documents? In the first part of a two part series, Kate Simpson demonstrates the many benefits of using facets.
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