Abstract

This paper proposes an analysis of faceted theory and of various knowledge organisation approaches. Building upon the faceted theory of S.R. Ranganathan, the paper intends to address the faceted classification approach applied to build domain ontologies. Based on this perspective, an ontology of a music domain has been analysed that would serve as a case study. As classificatory ontologies are employed to represent the relationships of entities and objects on the web, the faceted approach is deemed as an effective means to help organise web content. While different knowledge organisation systems are being employed to address the cluttered Web in different contexts and with various degrees of effectiveness, faceted ontologies have an enormous potential for addressing this issue by performing domain analysis for knowledge modelling and ultimately facilitating semantic information retrieval.