19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising storing a plurality of facet-value pairs associated with the plurality of objects, wherein each of a plurality of values has an association with at least one of a plurality of facets characterizing the objects.
19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising storing a plurality of facet-value pairs associated with the plurality of objects, wherein each of a plurality of values has an association with at least one of a plurality of facets characterizing the objects. 22. The method of claim 19 , wherein at least one of the plurality of values is a numerical value.