[Data-modeling] Library of Congress and Dewey Classifications

[Tim Kientzle]

> Using a topic for at least the top-level portion (e.g., the part to
> the left of the decimal in the Dewey Decimal system) would create a
> nice browsing option:  "All books in Dewey Decimal 303"
>
> I'm wondering how useful the browsing option of "All books in Dewey  
> Decimal 303" would be on a day-to-day basis ...


My thinking was more along the lines of: "Show me other books about  
this same subject."  In a physical library, I often go from <name of  
specific book> to <position on shelf> to <other nearby books on the  
same shelf>.  In an online catalog such as Freebase, the analog is  
<specific book> to <subject topic> to <other books on subject>.

Cheers,

Tim Kientzle