{"id":1781,"slug":"algolia-value-scales-multiple-specifications","title":"Algolia (vendor) — faceting helps when catalogs have multiple specifications and broad-based filtering is insufficient","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","dev","candid-team"],"topics":["information-architecture","faceted-search"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** \"facets are also useful for catalogs with products or content that have multiple specifications... they should be used when more broad-based filtering is not sufficient.\"\n\n**Source:** Algolia (vendor — search-as-a-service), \"Faceted Search: An Overview\" (accessed June 2026).\n\n**Confidence:** Single-source / vendor. Corroborated qualitatively by [[nngroup-faceted-search-refinement-definition]] on the \"independent dimensions\" framing.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** Vendor framing of the *attribute richness* dimension. Even with the vendor incentive to push faceting, Algolia's framing aligns with NN/g's independent take — facets earn their keep when records carry multiple meaningful, queryable attributes.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"nngroup-faceted-search-refinement-definition","title":"Nielsen Norman Group — faceted search refines a large content set; controls + results displayed simultaneously","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-build-catalogue-when-records-numerous-changing-multi-attribute","title":"R1 — Build a searchable, structured catalogue when records are numerous, change often, or carry several independent queryable attributes","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-searchable-structured-catalogue-working-tool-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the searchable, structured catalogue as a working tool — when records-not-prose pays off (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-build-catalogue-when-records-numerous-changing-multi-attribute","title":"R1 — Build a searchable, structured catalogue when records are numerous, change often, or carry several independent queryable attributes","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:12.692Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:12.692Z"}