The Tao Of Topic Maps / quote 11 of 27

Scope vs facet

As mentioned above, scope should not be confused with facets. The two mechanisms are different and complementary. Whereas scope can be seen as a filtering mechanism that is based on properties of the topics, facets provide for filtering based on properties of the information resources themselves.[10]

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