http://cheerleader.yoz.com/2002/07/for-all-you-library-scientists-some-library-science-fiction.html I came here to apologise and eat biscuits, and I'm all out of biscuits Fri, 25 Nov 2016 14:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.29 http://cheerleader.yoz.com/2002/07/for-all-you-library-scientists-some-library-science-fiction.html#comment-15 Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:13:00 +0000 http://cheertest.yoz.com/?p=27#comment-15 Oh all very fancy and modern Matt, but look, http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/tips/index.htm , obsessive Dewey Classification Q&As! eg:
“I believe that, when you ask about ‘Roman law,’ you are referring to what is usually called ‘civil law’ (340.56), in contrast to what we call ‘common law’ (the system of law used in most English-speaking areas, 340.57).”
Much more fun!

]]> http://cheerleader.yoz.com/2002/07/for-all-you-library-scientists-some-library-science-fiction.html#comment-14 Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:53:41 +0000 http://cheertest.yoz.com/?p=27#comment-14 Ranganathan is the basis of facet classification which is *the* hot topic in IA
check out http://www.iawiki.net/FacetedClassification
as a starting point
quote:
“Faceted classification serves up multiple “pure” classification schemes rather than a single “motley” Taxonomy.
Because each facet is focused on a specific, limited dimension of the information space, its hierarchy can be much smaller and flatter. Even with several facet hierarchies, you’re dealing with relatively few controlled vocabulary terms. However, through the power of post-coordination, you’re able to create a huge number of combinations.”
ooooh!

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