On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, John Mark Ockerbloom <
[email protected]> wrote:
> All of these schemes have the limitation that they're essentially
> a single hierarchy designed for linear shelf orderings, and they
> don't have the rich network of relationships that you can get with
> full taxonomies
I know, but I don't mind. What I do mind is having a completely flat subject
'hierarchy' like we get in DSpace by default. This is meant as a slight
criticism of DSpace whilst also acknowledging what a great product it is
generally.
I started The Online Books Page with LC call number browsing, and
> later added LC subject heading browsing. The latter seems to be
> substantially more popular, based on my usage statistics, but requires
> some nontrivial programming and metadata to do well.
> (I provide both alphabetical and relationship-based
> navigation of subject headings.)
>
> To see the difference, you can go to
> http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp36851
>
> (which is my listing for the Gutenberg Dewey Decimal book)
Your web site is great. Yes, the subject hierachy you have is the sort of
thing I am after. I did not see the traditional breadcums that show the
hierarchy though. You have opted for saying 'broader' or 'narrower'
classification.
Is your system based on DSpace? You mentioned having to do some non-trivial
programming. If your system is DSpace-based will you be able to contribute
the code back to DSpace?
--
Regards,
Andrew M.
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