Document (#28843)

Author

Spiteri, L.

Title

¬A simplified model for facet analysis : Ranganathan 101

Source

Canadian journal of information and library science. 23(1998) nos.1/2, S.1-30

Year

1998

Abstract

Ranganathan's canons, principles, and postulates can easily confuse readers, especially because he revised and added to them in various editions of his many books. The Classification Research Group, who drew on Ranganathan's work as their basis for classification theory but developed it in their own way, has never clearly organized all their equivalent canons and principles. In this article Spiteri gathers the fundamental rules from both systems and compares and contrasts them. She makes her own clearer set of principles for constructing facets, stating the subject of a document, and designing notation. Spiteri's "simplified model" is clear and understandable, but certainly not simplistic. The model does not include methods for making a faceted system, but will serve as a very useful guide in how to turn initial work into a rigorous classification. Highly recommended

Theme

Klassifikationstheorie: Elemente / Struktur
Klassifikationssysteme im Online-Retrieval

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