Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

August 22, 2011

Public Dataset Catalogs Faceted Browser

Filed under: Dataset,Facets,Linked Data,RDF — Patrick Durusau @ 7:42 pm

Public Dataset Catalogs Faceted Browser

A faceted browser for the catalogs, not their content.

Filter on coverage, location, country (not sure how location and country usefully differ), catalog status (seems to mix status and data type), and managed by.

Do be aware that as the little green balloons disappear with your selection that more of the coloring of the map itself appears.

I mention that because at first it seemed the map was being colored based on the facets I choose. Such as Europe is suddenly dark green when I chose the United States in the filter. Confusing at first and makes me wonder, why use a map with underlying coloration anyway? A white map with borders would be a better display background for the green balloons indicating catalog locations.

BTW, if you visit a catalog and then use the back button, all your filters are reset. Not a problem now with a small set of filters and only 100 catalogs but should this resource continue to grow, that could become a usability issue.

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