Document (#28535)

Author

Coleman, A.S.

Title

¬A code for classifiers : whatever happened to Merrill's code?

Source

Knowledge organization. 31(2004) no.3, S.161-176

Year

2004

Abstract

The work titled Code for CIassifiers by William Stetson Merrill is examined. The development of Merrill's Code over a period of 27 years, 1912-1939 is traced by examining bibliographic, attribution, conceptual and contextual differentes. The general principles advocated, the differentes between variants, and three controversial features of the Code: 1) the distinction between classifying vs. classification, 2) borrowing of the bibliographic principle of authorial intention, and 3) use of Dewey Decimal class numbers for classified sequence of topics, are also discussed. The paper reveals the importance of the Code in its own time, the complexities of its presentation and assessment by its contemporaries, and it's status today.

Theme

Geschichte der Klassifikationssysteme

Object

Merrill's code

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