Decimal Classification

Japanese: Decimal Classification(英語表記)DecimalClassification
Decimal Classification

… However, the increase in knowledge and books made it difficult to process information simply by following academic classifications, and practical classification methods emerged that assigned contents to symbols. A representative example is the Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated DC or DDC) published in 1876 by Mervil Dewey (1851-1931). This system classifies all books into nine categories: (1) philosophy, (2) religion, (3) social science, (4) languages, (5) natural science, (6) applied science, (7) fine arts, (8) literature, and (9) history, and assigns symbols 1 to 9, with 0 as a general classification. …

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Japanese:

… しかし知識と書物の増大は,学問分類に追従するだけでは処理が困難となり,記号に内容をはめてゆくという実際的な分類法が出現することになる。1876年に発表されたデューイMervil Dewey(1851‐1931)の《十進分類法(Dewey)Decimal Classification》(略号DCまたはDDC)がその代表例である。これはすべての図書を(1)哲学,(2)宗教,(3)社会科学,(4)語学,(5)自然科学,(6)応用科学,(7)美術,(8)文学,(9)歴史の9類に分けて1から9の記号を,さらに総記として0をあてて分類するものである。…

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