Special vs general schemes

/ Claudio Gnoli --> "Faceted classification discussion"

""" [Phil Murray: 19 Feb]
In general, the immediate needs of members of an organization 
may be so fundamentally different from the needs of the public 
from a general collection that it is unfair to expect all canonical 
principles of the faceted approach to classification to apply 
within organizations. 
"""

Well, I suppose that what can change is the choice of which
facets are the most useful ones for the organization on hand.
However, the basic principles of FC were intended by CRG 
members as a guide to develop even _special_ classifications
and thesauri, and were applied in such a way around the 60s
to build many schemes.

How could we describe the differences between requirements
of special vs general faceted schemas?

(Please take in account that I haven't read Spiteri's paper yet
-- BTW, thanks Phil for pointing us to it.)



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