--- In TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com, "renatoalves_nce" <renatobalves@...> wrote:
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> --- In TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com, "John OGorman" <jogorman@> wrote:
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> > --- In TaxoCoP@yahoogroups.com, Renato Alves <renatobalves@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm a master course student of UFRJ University, here in Brazil. I've been
> > > lurking here for a few days, and this is the first time I ask a question
for
> > > this knowledgeable community.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm researching about Faceted Navigation and Information Retrieval. I've
> > > been looking over the Internet for some articles/books/white papers about
> > > which is the best number of facets to use on a classification.
> > >
> > > Anyone out there have a reference to this?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Renato Alves
> > > UFRJ
> > > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
> > >
> >
> > Hi Renato
> >
> > The answer is 19.
> >
> > Hope this helps. :~)
> >
> > John O'
> >
>
> Hi John,
>
> Yes, I agree it looked like a naive way to address this issue, but what I was
trying to ask is: are there any general guidelines or good practices for the
definition or limitations on the number of facets and categories on each facet,
for a faceted taxonomy?
>
> Renato Alves
> UFRJ
> Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
>
Hi Renato - I'm sorry, I meant no offense - really, I shouldn't post late in the
day. 19 is the number of dimensions in my framework and it seems to me like the
perfect number of facets. I have to run to another appointment, but please
accept my apology. I will post a longer response later.

John O'