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Sunday, December 11, 2005

 

 The BCNGroup Beadgames

 

 

Challenge Problem  à

 

Regarding Universal Data Element Framework see à [287]

 

 

Communication from Antoinette Arsic to ONTAC working group

 

 

With regard to the UDEF Object Class List, just a note:

 

Coming from the library and information science realm, this reminds me of the history of faceted classification.

 

Three best-known faceted universal classification systems: the Colon Classification and the second edition of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification (BC2).Ranganathan's Colon Classification has five facets, now classic (see Ranganathan (1962), among his many books, for an introduction to the facets and how to use them):

 

* Personality (the something in question, e.g. a person or event in a classification of history, or an animal in a classification of zoology)

* Matter (what something is made of)

* Energy (how something changes, is processed, evolves)

* Space (where something is)

* Time (when it happens)

* These five, known as PMEST, may be enough for you.

 

 

*  If you need more, look to Bliss Bibliographic Classification for ideas (Broughton 2001, 79):

* thing/entity

* kind

* part

* property

* material

* process

* operation

* patient

* product

* by-product

* agent

* space

* time

 

From: http://www.miskatonic.org/library/facet-web-howto.html 

 

"The smaller the domain, the more specific and detailed the facets can get. There is little or no need to deal with the complications inherent in organizing the world of knowledge, and the system can be as precise as necessary to do what is needed. Here follow some examples of smaller classifications, beginning with the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Petersen 1994, 26), which is not actually a classification scheme, but is indeed faceted. Note how some of the classifications are based on Ranganathan's Personality, Matter, Energy, Space, and Time."

 

* Associated Concepts (e.g., philosophy)

* Physical Attributes (density)

* Styles and Periods (Simulationist) (similar to Space and Time)

* Agents (People/Organizations) (lighthouse keepers)

* Activities (thinking) (similar to Energy)

* Materials (plywood) (similar to Matter)

* Objects (bunk beds) (similar to Personality)

 

 

Antoinette Arsic