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title: "Faceted navigation"
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description: "Faceted navigation is a methodology for organizing information using descriptors, qualifiers, and locators to optimize user navigation and information retrieval by enabling refinement based on data values."
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# Faceted navigation

Faceted navigation is a methodology for organizing information to optimize navigation by values in the data.

An implementation consists of:

- **Descriptor** (see [Index Term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_term)) – the fundamental object of information the user is trying to retrieve.
- **Qualifier** (modifier) – a value that helps the user to refine where to look for information about the descriptor.
- **Locator** – provides an absolute address for information.