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Subject Analysis - Classification

Specific classification schemes are bookmarked on the indexing languages page.

Faceted classification & related

About

Classification, Ontologies, Taxonomies
An elearnspace resource, with annotated links to good explanations of basic concepts.
Faceted Classification
Application in knowledge management, maintained up through December 2007..
Faceted Metadata Search
A discussion and directory at SearchTools.com.
FacetMap
Tools for building your own faceted classification and demos.
How to make a faceted classificiation and put it on the Web
William Denton's paper resulted from a readings and research at the U of Toronto, and is accompanied by Putting facets on the Web: An annotated bibliography.
A simplified model for facet analysis.
Louise Spiteri demystifies Ranganathan for information architects.

Software and Examples

Endeca
Providing guided navigation to the Fortune 500, and lately to OPACs, starting with North Carolina State University.
Epicurious
Fun because it's food - used to be better presented.
Flamenco
Standing for FLexible information Access using MEtadata in Novel COmbinations, and one of UC Berkeley's BAILANDO projects, this offers three image collection demos. Flamenco is available as open source software.
Siderean Software
Makers of Seamark, faceted navigation software.

Library classification scheme browsing

Blue Web'n Content Categories (Dewey)
Canadian Information by Subject (Dewey)
CyberDewey
CyberStacks (LC)
DeweyBrowser at OCLC
Learning the Lessons of Nixon
Dewey browsing of a blog.

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