Title
The strange case of eugenics: A subject's ontogeny in a long-lived classification scheme and the question of collocative integrity
Abstract
This article introduces the problem of collocative integrity present in long-lived classification schemes that undergo several changes. A case study of the subject “eugenics” in the Dewey Decimal Classification is presented to illustrate this phenomenon. Eugenics is strange because of the kinds of changes it undergoes. The article closes with a discussion of subject ontogeny as the name for this phenomenon and describes implications for information searching and browsing. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1002/asi.22686
JASIST
Keywords
Field
DocType
wiley periodicals,long-lived classification scheme,dewey decimal classification,collocative integrity present,strange case,case study,subject ontogeny,technology,classification,and,society,information,maintainability
Data mining,Eugenics,Information retrieval,Computer science,Classification scheme,Phenomenon,Dewey Decimal Classification,Maintainability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
7
1532-2882
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.52
10
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joseph T. Tennis110319.21