Generating visualizations of facet values for facets defined over a collection of objects

A system for rendering information on facets associated with objects in a repository, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having code executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• processing the objects to determine facet values for the objects for a specified facet;
• generating a first visualization of representations of the determined facet values for the objects;
• receiving user selection of one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization;
• determining objects having the user selected facet value;
• determining at least one facet value for the specified facet for each of the determined objects having the selected facet value;
• and
• generating a second visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value.

A method for rendering information on facets associated with objects, comprising:

• processing the objects to determine facet values for the objects for a specified facet;
• generating in a computer readable storage medium a first visualization of representations of the determined facet values for the objects;
• receiving user selection of one of the facet values represented in the generated first visualization;
• determining objects having the user selected facet value;
• determining at least one facet value for the specified facet for each of the determined objects having the selected facet value;
• and
• generating a second visualization of representations of the determined at least one facet value.