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PaperThin CommonSpot Program Addresses MX Developer Needs
Native Taxonomy and Facet-Based Navigation Support Now Available
Dec. 17, 2005 03:00 PM
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The taxonomy API allows developers to programmatically access any of the terms and relationships within a taxonomy. This capability enables easy development of unlimited custom-interfaces to related content.
CommonSpot’s new facet-based navigation element leverages content classification by allowing users to intuitively navigate through a defined taxonomy. Users can easily browse and discover information within topic areas based on one or more selected facets within a taxonomy.
By narrowing terms under a facet, a filtered subset of narrower terms and possibly other related ‘see-also’ references are presented. Facet-based navigation dramatically enhances the user experience and facilitates a faster information discovery process by only displaying content that is relevant to the user.
Also included in version 4.6 is a container element which provides Web designers and developers increased control and flexibility over the positioning and scheduling of content on a page. The element delivers support for table-less layout of content using Cascading Style Sheet Positioning (CSS-P). It provides a number of benefits to organizations including standards-based development, improved site compliance, and direct support for publishing content to non-Web devices such as PDAs, phones, etc.
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