On 11 Mar 2008, at 15:37, Ann Apps wrote: > I guess that one reason why EPrints is not shipped with Dewey is > that one needs a licence to use Dewey. Quite - I believe that Dewey is owned and licensed by OCLC. When we used it for a JISC project (OCLC were partners) the licensing was really strict and we were not actually allowed to reveal the Dewey class codes in the final collection. > I don't know why JISC chose Dewey as the Information Environment > backbone. I don't see how a proprietary classification system is acceptable in this day and age. -- Les