<h2><spanid="Reflections_on_classification_in_Hope_A._Olson,_Mapping_beyond_Dewey's_Boundaries"></span><spanclass="mw-headline"id="Reflections_on_classification_in_Hope_A._Olson.2C_Mapping_beyond_Dewey.27s_Boundaries">Reflections on classification in Hope A. Olson, <i>Mapping beyond Dewey's Boundaries</i></span><spanclass="mw-editsection"><spanclass="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><ahref="/mw-mediadesign/index.php?title=User:Simon/spatial_classification&action=edit&section=T-1"title="Edit section: ">edit</a><spanclass="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Hope A Olson's text "Mapping Beyond Dewey's Boundaries" on spatial representations in classification systems, explored through a project that attempted to cross-reference two classification systems - <aclass="external text"href="https://www.amazon.com/Womens-Thesaurus-Index-Language-Ellen/dp/0061811718"rel="nofollow"><i>A Woman's Thesaurus</i></a> and Dewey Decimal Classification by <aclass="external text"href="http://capekconsulting.com/about-mary-ellen-capek/"rel="nofollow">Mary Ellen S Capek</a>. Stating that "classifications are locational systems" suggests that spatial representations can be used with various effect; describing, exposing, and when used as metaphors, shifting the discourse.
</p><p><b>1. Spatial representation of classification systems reveals the ideological conditions that form them.</b>
</p><p>Olson refers to spatial representations of classification systems in the form of diagrams.
</p><p>The first diagram is one that shows distribution of subjects, with the idea of a mainstream core that diffuses towards the margins. The second is a Venn diagram that illustrates how "mainstream" or "core" descriptors actually eventuate in very small "cores" due to limitations by Boolean "ands'. Venn diagrams operate on the basis of duality - something is or isn't part of a set.<br>
<p>How to utilise a "paradoxical space"? The text seems to suggest focusing on connections, relationships between subjects rather than differences? What could an associative classification system look like?
</p><p>The space of a page is crucial in the printed format - the text block excludes the margin - clearly delineating what is recognized as authored, and what is not. Book printing has many terms to cut up a page into a layout - deciding on "safe areas" to print and areas to leave open. In my own experience, shaping the text block is the first consideration when laying out a page.
</p><p>However, some formats of digital books (e.g. EPUB) do not have the notion of a page. There is the space of the screen, but this is mutable, whereas a printed page is not.
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