Dewey Decimal Classification

Library classification that sorts knowledge into ten main classes with decimal subdivisions, first published by Melvil Dewey in 1876.

Read the specification ↗ oclc.org

Part of threads From catalogue card to web data precedent; Ontology against folksonomy precedent

builds on

• Taxonomy concept [src1][src2]

published by

• OCLC organization 1967 [src]

created by

• Melvil Dewey person 1851–1931 [src]

built upon by

• Universal Decimal Classification standard 1905 [src]

critiqued by

• Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags writing 2005 [src]
  Uses the Dewey Decimal treatment of religions to argue that hierarchical classification is shaped by the shelf.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification