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.
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Les
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