tFacet: Hierarchical Faceted Exploration of Semantic Data Using Well-Known Interaction Concepts

Information stored in the Semantic Web is becoming more and more interesting for average Web users. Due to the complexity of existing tools, however, accessing it is difficult. In this paper we therefore introduce tFacet, a tool that uses well-known interaction concepts to enable hierarchical faceted exploration of semantic data for non-experts. The aim is to facilitate the formulation of semantically unambiguous queries to allow a faster and more precise access to information in the Semantic Web for the broader public.