The Development ofa Notational System for a Restructured UDC

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  • Nancy J. Williamson Univeresity of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7152/acro.v6i1.12671

Abstract

Since 1992 (McIlwaine and Williamson, 1993, 1994) a pilot project has been under way to examine the feasibility of restructuring the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) into a full-faceted system using the framework of facets provided by the Bliss Bibliographic Classification. The research is being carried out on UDC class 61 (Medical Sciences) and Bliss Class H. During the first stage of the process the required elements from the Bliss framework have been identified, insofar as possible the Bliss notation stripped out, and a new database created. UDC topics were then merged into the new database to ensure that there was a place for every UDC topic presently contained in the UDC Machine Readable File (MRF) of the English Medium Edition. The next step is to provide a new notation for the new structure. This paper addresses the task of providing that notation.

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Published

1995-10-31

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6th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

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