[OAI-eprints] Introducing the Subject Categorization
discussion
Jessie Hey
jmnh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:30:40 +0000
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For completeness, Here is another comment on classification from Guy Aron
stemming from our discussion.
Jessie
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>From: Guy Aron <guyaron@yahoo.com.au>
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>On Wednesday 15 Steve Hitchcock wrote
> > [ ... ]Full text indexing can begin to tell us what a
> > text is *about*, rather than simply where it is located, the classical
> > purpose of classification. Through knowing what a text is about, we can
> > make connections with other works in ways that are much more flexible than
> > is offered by classification.
>
>I don't know that I quite go along with this. If I classify a book in
>the 330s in Dewey, this tells us more than that the book is in the 330s -
>it tells us that the book belongs in that class. A classification number
>is more than just "marking and parking", eg Shelf 20, Row 2. To me the
>"classical purpose" of classification is to group similar things together.
>This grouping has to be based on some analysis of what topics the thing
>covers (or, in Dewey, the discipline from which it emanated).
>
>Guy Aron
>RMIT University Library
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Jessie M.N. Hey
Research Fellow TARDIS eprints project,
NOL, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way,
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 6112 Fax +44 (0)23 8059 6115
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For completeness, Here is another comment on classification from Guy Aron
stemming from our discussion.<br>
Jessie<br><br>
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From: Guy Aron <guyaron@yahoo.com.au><br>
Subject: Re: Interoperability - subject
classification/terminology<br>
To: SEPTEMBER98-FORUM@LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG<br>
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On Wednesday 15 Steve Hitchcock wrote<br>
> [ ... ]Full text indexing can begin to tell us what a<br>
> text is *about*, rather than simply where it is located, the
classical<br>
> purpose of classification. Through knowing what a text is about, we
can<br>
> make connections with other works in ways that are much more
flexible than<br>
> is offered by classification.<br><br>
I don't know that I quite go along with this. If I classify a book
in<br>
the 330s in Dewey, this tells us more than that the book is in the 330s
-<br>
it tells us that the book belongs in that class. A classification
number<br>
is more than just "marking and parking", eg Shelf 20, Row 2. To
me the<br>
"classical purpose" of classification is to group similar
things together.<br>
This grouping has to be based on some analysis of what topics the
thing<br>
covers (or, in Dewey, the discipline from which it emanated).<br><br>
Guy Aron<br>
RMIT University Library</blockquote>
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Jessie M.N. Hey <br>
Research Fellow TARDIS eprints project,<br>
NOL, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way,<br>
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England<br>
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 6112 Fax +44 (0)23 8059 6115<br>
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