Transcript WebDewey 2.0 Enhancements

International
Dewey Users
Group
16 August 2011
IFLA
WebDewey 2.0
Enhancements
San Juan
Libbie Crawford
Dewey Product Manager
Michael Panzer
Assistant Editor, DDC
OCLC
[email protected]
[email protected]
WebDewey 2.0 Design Goals
Modern interface
Support for search, browse, number building, and
personalization
Generic user interface script to allow use of more
than one language version and connection to
terminology sets
Local controls (links to terminology sets,
segmentation marks/instructions, connections to
OPACs, etc.)
http://dewey.org/webdewey
2011-2012 Enhancements
• New opening screen
• Fix for dead links in number-building instructions
• Expanded user interface preferences
• History of numbers
• Number-building assistance and support for user
contribution
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History of Numbers
• Multi-year plan to provide detailed information about changes
to the DDC
• First step is to expose history information contained in 685
fields
• Display details are still being finalized
• Example: 003.54 Information theory
History of Numbers:
003.54 Information theory (1)
History of Numbers:
003.54 Information theory (2)
685
01
$t Information theory $i formerly located
in $b 001.539 $d 19890306 $2 20
685
01
$t Coding theory $i formerly located
in $b 519.4 $d 19890306 $2 20
History of Numbers:
003.54 Information theory (3)
Class History
Information theory formerly located in 001.539
1989-03-06, Edition 20
Coding theory formerly located in 519.4
1989-03-06, Edition 20
Number-building assistance /
Support for user contribution
• Interface will offer assistance to classifiers in following add
notes and adding standard subdivisions
• Structured way of capturing user-generated content in the
form of numbers built by users
• In the background, number bulding information will be
captured in a machine-readable format (765 fields)
• Numbers can be saved for personal and institutional use;
numbers can also be contributed as proposed numbers
• Numbers and associated terminology will be browsable and
searchable, and displayed within the context of the DDC
MARC
MARC view
LDR
nw###n##
001
ocd00168684
003
OCoLC-D
005
20110326173550.0
008
100204aaaaaabb
040
##
$a OCLCD $b eng $c OCLCD
084
0#
$a ddc $c 23 $e eng
153
##
$a 796.522092 $e 796.522 765
0#
$b 796.522 $z 1 $s 092 $u 796.522092 750
#7
$a Mountain Climbing $x biography
750
#0
$a Mountaineering $x biography
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