On 05/27/2017 08:07 PM, Razer wrote:
You're discussing books. It doesn't matter if they're paper or PDF or DocX. The assumption is you want to categorize them by their CONTENT which is what the LoC and Dewey Decimal system do.
And now that I look again, LoC is probably a better system for this purpose, if for the only reason the Dewey system is supposed to be licensed by libraries using it. Yes, it's weird to group geography, anthropology, and recreation under one main category, but I'm not sure there's a better place for it under the other broad categories. It's much the same problem as the shortcomings of the original Encyclopedia of Chess Openings scheme of classifying chess openings has started to show its limitations, with a lot of codes being devoted to openings no longer played and a lot of lines of common openings being stuck under the exact same code. Thus the reason for the unofficial "Scid extensions" etc. If neither LoC nor (a bootleg use of) Dewey fit your needs, there's always the option of rolling your own. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com