Using literary warrant to define a version of the DDC for automated classification services
Diane Vizine‐Goetz, Julianne Beall · 2004
This paper presents the results of an exploratory study to determine literary warrant for topics in electronic resources. The classification numbers in Abridged Edition 14 were used as a starting point. Using the principles of abridgment and expansion in Dewey 1 , a version of the DDC is defined that accommodates the topics found on three diverse web sites that use Dewey: BUBL, Canadian Information By Subject, and KidsClick! The resulting classes are used to create a database for automated classification of web resources.