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Foundations of reusable and interoperable facet models using category theory

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  • Daniel R. Harris

    (University of Kentucky)

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Faceted browsing has become ubiquitous with modern digital libraries and online search engines, yet the process is still difficult to abstractly model in a manner that supports the development of interoperable and reusable interfaces. We propose category theory as a theoretical foundation for faceted browsing and demonstrate how the interactive process can be mathematically abstracted. Existing efforts in facet modeling are based upon set theory, formal concept analysis, and light-weight ontologies, but in many regards, they are implementations of faceted browsing rather than a specification of the basic, underlying structures and interactions. We will demonstrate that category theory allows us to specify faceted objects and study the relationships and interactions within a faceted browsing system. Resulting implementations can then be constructed through a category-theoretic lens using these models, allowing abstract comparison and communication that naturally support interoperability and reuse.

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  • Daniel R. Harris, 2016. "Foundations of reusable and interoperable facet models using category theory," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 953-965, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:18:y:2016:i:5:d:10.1007_s10796-016-9658-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-016-9658-6
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    1. Damaris Fuentes-Lorenzo & Jorge Morato & Juan Miguel Gómez, 2009. "Knowledge management in biomedical libraries: A semantic web approach," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 471-480, September.
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    1. Thouraya Bouabana-Tebibel & Stuart H. Rubin, 2016. "Towards common reusable semantics," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 819-823, October.

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