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Modeling Terminologies for Reusability in Faceted Systems

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Quality Software Through Reuse and Integration (FMI 2016, IRI 2016 2016)

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We integrate heterogeneous terminologies into our category-theoretic model of faceted browsing and show that existing terminologies and vocabularies can be reused as facets in a cohesive, interactive system. Commonly found in online search engines and digital libraries, faceted browsing systems depend upon one or more taxonomies which outline the structure and content of the facets available for user interaction. Controlled vocabularies or terminologies are often curated externally and are available as a reusable resource across systems. We demonstrated previously that category theory can abstractly model faceted browsing in a way that supports the development of interfaces capable of reusing and integrating multiple models of faceted browsing. We extend this model by illustrating that terminologies can be reused and integrated as facets across systems with examples from the biomedical domain. Furthermore, we extend our discussion by exploring the requirements and consequences of reusing existing terminologies and demonstrate how categorical operations can create reusable groupings of facets.

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The project described was supported by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through grant numbers UL1TR001998 and UL1TR000117. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

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    Daniel R. Harris

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    Thouraya Bouabana-Tebibel

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Harris, D.R. (2018). Modeling Terminologies for Reusability in Faceted Systems. In: Rubin, S., Bouabana-Tebibel, T. (eds) Quality Software Through Reuse and Integration. FMI IRI 2016 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 561. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56157-8_7

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