[Sigia-l] Dublin core subject and dewey decimal

[stephanie hornung]

dwayne,

i think that's actually a very good question...  i assumed that it was
meant for use in some sort of tagging process, so items would show up in
the portal correctly, but i don't know.  that's kinda why i asked what the
portal was and who the users were.

fortuna, care to enlighten us on what it is you're trying to do?

thanks


Dwayne King said:
> All,
> Forgive me all if I'm being obtuse, but why would you use the DD on a
> portal? And again, I think I'm missing something here.
>
> Here's what I think and tell me where I'm missing the boat:
>
> DD was developed so that when something was "found" you could
> actually "locate" it (quotes used in a "I don't know the exact
> terminology" kind of way). So you find a book in a card catalog,
> search terminal, etc. - then you use the DD to track down where
> that's located in the library. In a portal, once you  "find"
> something in a portal, its "location" is, well right there where you
> found it. DD could help me find like books in a library, but again,
> related links/documents,/etc could be right there in the design. I
> don't see a need to find something, then locate it in a portal.
>
> I'm a little afraid to shoot this off, because I know I'm missing
> something here, so be please be kind in setting me straight :)
>
> D
>
> On Aug 29, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Peter Van Dijck wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Alexander Johannesen wrote:
>>
>>> Fortune Elkins <fortune_elkins at summithq.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  best practice question: would I be insane to suggest that in
>>>> implementing the dublin core on our portal that we adopt dewey
>>>> decimal for the subject?
>>>>
>>> Given that the manuals (!!) for good ol' Dewey is four thick books
>>> sitting in the odd shelf, and no one around here wants to touch them
>>> unless then have to (and I work at a library), I'd say you're beyond
>>> saving, that's how mad you are. :)
>>>
>>
>> In other words, yes - you'd be insane.
>>
>> Peter Van Dijck
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