XFML,standing for eXchangeable Faceted Metadata Language, exchanges metadata in the form of faceted hierarchies. Its basic building blocks are topics,also called categories. XFML can’t solve all the metadata’s needs. It focuses on interchanging faceted classification and indexing data.The background,concept,and data representation method of XFML and principles of Web indexing with XFML are discussed in this paper. As XFML is a new concept to Chinese,using XFML will benefit the develop of Web information organization in China.
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