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Crystal, Abe. “Facets are fundamental: Rethinking information architecture frameworks.” Technical Communication 54.1 (2007): 15-27.
p. 17 “we can distinguish between facets and attributes. Facets entail an actual classification system (the scheme and structure), and so are defined by human interpretation and judgment. Attributes are simple values, not associated with a classification system, and are intrinsic to the nature of an object. Information architects can identify multiple facets and attributes for different types of resources, and apply these as needed…the year a particular work was created would be an attribute. In contrast, the period with which a work is associated would be a facet”
