Colon Classification

Ranganathan, S. R. (1933). Colon Classification. Faceted classification.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1933

Link

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.460810

Cited from

philosophy

Cited by

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Primes

• Classification
  • Classification makes it possible to apply consistent rules, policies, treatments, or algorithms to large populations without evaluating each item independently, a scaling property Ranganathan (1933) made explicit in designing the first faceted (analytico-synthetic) library classification.

    This sourceMadras Library Association. First faceted (analytico-synthetic) library classification (PMEST): enables consistent rules and scalable assignment across millions of items by combining facets of personality, matter, energy, space, and time.

Mechanisms

• Tagging Schema
  • The team introduces a tagging schema built as a faceted classification.

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