In the past (such as my 2021 blog post “Attributes in Taxonomies“), I have explained that “attributes” serve as filters to refine search results on content, results that have already been narrowed by a hierarchical taxonomy concept or category. As such, the attributes available for filtering can vary based on…
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Attributes in Taxonomies
When I had done consulting for ecommerce taxonomy clients years ago, and they would refer to the taxonomy facets for products as “attributes,” I felt that might be confusing, because I considered “attributes” something else: a characteristic like metadata of a taxonomy term or a feature of an ontology. I…
How Many Facets Should a Taxonomy Have
I’ve given a rule-of-thumb of 3-8 facets to create in a faceted taxonomy, but it’s not that simple, and there are various factors to consider. Creating facets is an assignment in the online taxonomy course I teach, and a student recently submitted good set of facets with sample terms, but…