Here's a topic to send you all to sleep! Does anyone know how to design and develop a classification scheme. I'm really just curious at the moment, but I wondered what steps would be involved, and what are the attributes of a good scheme. How could I check it to make sure it is effective?
You will wonder why I am asking. I am a qualified librarian but have little experience with classification. I have used the Wessex scheme as I work in the healthcare sector (this is a free system which can be found somewhere on the Internet).
I know there are specialised classification schemes out there for different sectors such as engineering, horticulture etc., but I look upon this as an intellectual exercise... at least, potentially
:-)