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  ],
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  "id": "result-filtering",
  "kind": "Method",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "Filters vs. Facets",
      "type": "canonicalSurvey",
      "url": "https://www.nngroup.com/articles/filters-vs-facets/"
    }
  ],
  "modifiedAt": "2026-09-12T22:23:29Z",
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  "publisher": {
    "name": "Searchplex",
    "url": "https://searchplex.net/"
  },
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    {
      "note": "Result filtering is the constraint operation; faceted search is a structured navigation model that often uses filters.",
      "target": "faceted-search",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "note": "Filtering restricts the eligible result set; ranking orders eligible results.",
      "target": "ranking",
      "type": "notEquivalentTo"
    },
    {
      "target": "candidate-retrieval",
      "type": "related"
    },
    {
      "target": "faceted-search",
      "type": "related"
    }
  ],
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    "json": "https://id.searchplex.net/result-filtering.json",
    "jsonld": "https://id.searchplex.net/result-filtering.jsonld"
  },
  "scheme": "https://id.searchplex.net/scheme/",
  "scopeNote": "Result filtering may be applied before retrieval, during retrieval, after retrieval, or through a user interface. It is distinct from faceted search, which presents structured dimensions for exploratory narrowing, and from information filtering, which is a standing-query task over incoming information.",
  "status": "published",
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    {
      "community": "industry",
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      "usage": "nearSynonym"
    }
  ],
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}