colon classification

Colon Classification (CC) is a system of library classification developed by S. R. Ranganathan. It was the first ever faceted (or analytico-synthetic) classification. In an analytico synthetic classification, subjects are divided into facets (aspects), and class numbers are synthesised from the classifications. Analytico-synthetic method is much more powerful than more traditional schemes such as the Library of Congress classification or Dewey Decimal Classification, but can result in much longer class numbers. It has been a major theoretical influence to classification researchers. Its name "colon classification" comes from the use of colons to separate facets in class numbers. It is especially used in libraries in India. As an example, the subject "research in the cure of tuberculosis of lungs by x-ray conducted in India in 1950" results in a call number

L,45;421:6;253:f.44'N5

The components of this call number represent

Medicine,Lungs;Tuberculosis:Treatment;X-ray:Research.India'1950

Faceted classification is used in software engineering to support software reuse. See also: Bliss bibliographic classification, Universal Decimal Classification

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

charge of the goddess
cy young
coronation street
caligula
church turing thesis
child pornography
computer multitasking
clarence thomas
chiang kai shek
chopsticks
compression ratio

chromosome walking
concordat of worms
context free language
caffeine
cyc
ce
carlos valderrama (soccer player)
cyborgs in fiction
caesar salad
cecilia beaux
chrysler corporation

city of london
clitoris
chicago, illinois
cyrix 6x86
census
catholic sacraments
cotswolds
chievo verona
context switch
carnatic
chakra

cloning
cellulose
cortes
colony
rod (cryptozoology)
column
carmilla
cabal
cytochrome
crowded house
colette