Library Cataloging
Classification
A reader asked about the BSO classification, something new to me, nothing to do with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It is the Broad System of Ordering: a systematic overview of knowledge, a modern machine-held classification system embracing all fields of knowledge.
BSO is a compilation of about 6800 terms, arranged in an order which is systematic or structured at the level of meaning. It is a knowledge classification which attempts to reflect a modern consensual world outlook, and because it is essentially concept-oriented rather than word-oriented, its captions are supplemented by definition notes whenever the scope and meaning of the caption is not clear from its context in the systematic schedules.
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Combining Web Classification And Web Information Extraction
Towards Combining Web Classification and Web Information Extraction: a Case Study by Ping Luo, Fen Lin, Yuhong Xiong, Yong Zhao, and Zhongzhi Shi appears as HP Tech report HPL-2009-86.Web content analysis often has two sequential and separate steps: Web...
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Open Shelves Classification
LibraryThing is building the Open Shelves Classification (OSC), a free, "humble," modern, open-source, crowd-sourced replacement for the Dewey Decimal System.The vision. The Open Shelves Classification should be:Free. Free both to use and to change, with...
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Classification
Building a Better Classification System: A Case Study. Association of Records Managers and Administrators International (ARMA), San Antonio, Texas.In 1996 the University of Calgary developed a classification system using functional analysis. Ten years...
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Use Of The Universal Decimal Classification
Use of the Universal Decimal Classification: a worldwide survey by Aida Slavic will appear in the Journal of Documentation.A general overview with up-to-date information on UDC use worldwide.... The interest shown for using UDC in the organization of...
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Sharing Classification
Slavic, Aida and Cordeiro, Maria Ines (2005) Sharing and re-use of classification systems: the need for a common data model. Signum 37(8):pp. 19-24.Classifications can help to overcome difficulties in information retrieval of heterogeneous and multilingual...
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