Chapter+6+Hierarchies


 * Names: Brittney O'Brien, Michelle Atiemo, Kasey Dube**

A hierarchy is organizing ideas and objects into categories and subcategories. It helps structure most things around us. An example of a simple hierarchy would be we're all attending WNEC, but we're all in different schools and then within each school we all have our own major that we are focusing in. A faceted hierarchy uses multiple fields of "facets" to describe the objects within our collections. It allows for objects to exist simultaneously in many locations, in digital domains. An example of this would be a family tree. When people marry, they are both in the family they were born into, but at the same time, part of the family they married into.
 * **What is a hierarchy?**
 * **Give an example of a simple hierarchy. Explain why it is considered a simple hierarchy.**
 * **How is a faceted hierarchy different from a simple one? Give an example.**