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# McGrath on classification
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/mcgrath-on-classification/
- Published: 2004-05-08T19:56:54.000Z
- Updated: 2004-05-08T19:56:54.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

Much followed blogger Sean McGrath on classification and metadata.

> My favorite example of shelf-stuff type 3 came from the same bookstore where they filed Dublin’s Bus and Train timetables under ‘General fiction’. The Bus and Train company was not amused. \[[E-BUSINESS IN THE ENTERPRISE – Would the real source of metadata please stand up?](https://www.itworld.com/nl/ebiz%5Fent/05042004/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]