5.8 Faceted Browser

5.8.1 Introduction

The Daisy Wiki includes a faceted browser which allows for faceted navigation through the repository. The faceted browser shows the distinct values for selected properties (facets) of the documents in the repository, and allows to search for documents by selecting values for these facets. This technique is quite common in many websites, but Daisy's faceted browser makes it very easy to add it to your site.

A somewhat bland demo (i.e. only using system properties) of the faceted browser can be found on the main cocoondev.org site.

To use the faceted browser, you need to create a small configuration file in which you list the facets (document properties) to use. You can have multiple faceted navigation configurations.