Toward a viable classification scheme: Some theoretical considerations

• Published in: American Documentation Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 298 - 301
• Main Authors: Borden, George A., Nelson, William F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.10.1969; American Documentation Institute; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: Classification; Classification schemes; Cues; Information retrieval; Knowledge; Philosophy; Rhetoric; Semantics; Theory; New York; United States > US; Pennsylvania

Drawing on current psychological, philosophical, and rhetorical theories, a scheme is presented which will allow the classification, indexing, and retrieval of information using content‐free cues. The system is patterned after that of human information retrieval and with current software packages ca...