The Flamenco Search Interface Project

Site: http://flamenco.berkeley.edu/
See also: FacetedNavigation

Flamenco is an open source faceted navigation framework.

The Flamenco search interface framework has the primary design goal of allowing users to move through large information spaces in a flexible manner without feeling lost. A key property of the interface is the explicit exposure of category metadata, to guide the user toward possible choices, and to organize the results of keyword searches. The interface uses hierarchical faceted metadata in a manner that allows users to both refine and expand the current query, while maintaining a consistent representation of the collection's structure. This use of metadata is integrated with free-text search, allowing the user to follow links, then add search terms, then follow more links, without interrupting the interaction flow.

Documentation available on the site.

Demo sites:

• Nobel Prize Winners: http://orange.sims.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/flamenco.cgi/nobel/Flamenco
• Fine Arts Search of arts museums in San Francisco: http://orange.sims.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/flamenco.cgi/famuseum/Flamenco

Software requirements are:

• Python version 2.3 or higher
• A web server such as Apache that runs CGI scripts
• Access to an ODBC-compliant DBMS such as MySQL

License: BSD

-- Contributors: ArthurClemens

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