Facet
analytical theory (FAT) is used to design a new classification
system for humanities.
Why a new classification?
- to provide
stakeholders in the wide area of humanities with a freely available
robust indexing tool that lends itself to automation easily and
that can serve the following purposes
- enable browsing
and searching across subject areas of humanities
- enable different
kinds of display and collection presentation (choice of facets
and order of facets, showing or hiding notation, expanding or
collapsing the range of facets or facet hierarchy)
- be suitable
for traditional, digital or hybrid collections (by providing for
traditional as well as digital media)
- be used
on any level of specificity without limitation
- be expandable
with vocabulary from other systems (e.g. geographical data)
- serve as
a good basis for thesaurus creation
- be easy
to map to indexing systems already in use in the collections (AHDS
and Humbul)
- be manageable
within the portal architecture e.g. have transportable and shareable
authority data that can serve as an intelligent cataloguing/classification
mapping tool or as a basis for the future automation of indexing
See more about
project outcomes!
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