Projects Using Flamenco Ideas

The NCSU digital library is now faceted!

The MuseumFinland (Museo Suomi) in Helsinki uses an interface that is identical to Flamenco's: http://museosuomi.cs.helsinki.fi/   (Read the related paper.)

The International Children's Digital Library, with an interface developed by Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, and Hilary Hutchinson, uses ideas from Flamenco in its simple and advanced search interfaces. http://www.icdlbooks.org/

Commercial Implementations

Several commercial implementations of ideas related to those we've explored in Flamenco are now available. These include eBay Express, Endeca, Siderean (formerly bpallen's teapot system), DieselPoint, Aduna Software, and FacetMap.
Members of the Flamenco project are not affiliated with or compensated by these companies.

Press Coverage

WHAT'S NEXT; Making a Web Search Feel Like a Stroll in the Library, by Anne Eisenberg, The New York Times, August 19, 2004. full text

Death to Folders! The Economist, Sept 15, 2005.

Next-generation search tools to refine results, by Michael Kanellos, CNet, August 9, 2004.

Flamenco Makes Info Search Easier, by Omeed Elboudwarej, The Daily Californian, September 8, 2004,

Related Links

Taxonomies to Tags: From Trees to Piles of Leaves, David Weinberger, Release 1.0 23(2), February 2005. Intro section (Entire article requires a fee)

To Metadata or Not To Metadata, Tom Reamy, at econtent magazine

Mention of Flamenco at Information Today, Inc., NewsLink, by Paula J. Hane, Issue 68, June 2005.

Discussion of Faceted Metadata and Search at SearchTools.com

Article about Flamenco at Infovis.net

Discussion of Flamenco at PeterMe.com

Discussion of facets at Ramana Rao's site

Discussion about Flamenco on the SIGIA site

Discussion of cognitive psychology and information architecture at BoxesAndArrows.com