Facet browsing has become popular as a user friendly interface to data repositories. The Semantic Web raises new challenges
due to the heterogeneous character of the data. First, users should be able to select and navigate through facets of resources
of any type and to make selections based on properties of other, semantically related, types. Second, where traditional facet
browsers require manual configuration of the software, a semantic web browser should be able to handle any RDFS dataset without
any additional configuration. Third, hierarchical data on the semantic web is not designed for browsing: complementary techniques,
such as search, should be available to overcome this problem. We address these requirements in our browser, /facet. Additionally,
the interface allows the inclusion of facet-specific display options that go beyond the hierarchical navigation that characterizes
current facet browsing. /facet is a tool for Semantic Web developers as an instant interface to their complete dataset. The
automatic facet configuration generated by the system can then be further refined to configure it as a tool for end users.
The implementation is based on current Web standards and open source software. The new functionality is motivated using a
scenario from the cultural heritage domain.