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    "Faceted Browsing"
  ],
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  "id": "faceted-search",
  "kind": "Method",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Faceted metadata for image search and browsing",
      "type": "definingReference",
      "url": "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/642611.642681"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T22:23:29Z",
  "prefLabel": "Faceted Search",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "note": "Faceted search exposes structured dimensions for navigation and refinement; result filtering applies constraints to include or exclude results.",
      "target": "result-filtering",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "interactive-search",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "result-filtering",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "serp",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
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    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/faceted-search.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/faceted-search.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Faceted search, also called faceted navigation or faceted browsing, uses facets such as author, topic, brand, language, date, or format to expose available refinements. It commonly applies filters, but the concept includes the faceted organization and interactive navigation model rather than filtering alone.",
  "status": "published",
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    {
      "community": "industry",
      "label": "Faceting",
      "usage": "nearSynonym"
    }
  ],
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}