The implementation of faceted classification in web site searching and browsing

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-233

  Uddin, Mohammad Nasir ^a   Janecek, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Classification; Content management; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; TAXONOMIES; WEB BROWSERS; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

CONTENT CREATION; CONTENT MANAGEMENT; FACETED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (FCS); MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 34047263034     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710747248     Document Type: Article

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