Classification Research Group

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collective of information scientists collective of librarians research group

The Classification Research Group was a mid-20th-century British collective of information scientists and librarians known for pioneering work in faceted classification and modern information organization theory.

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Classification Research Group canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective of information scientists ⓘ collective of librarians ⓘ research group ⓘ
activePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Library Association ⓘ surface form: Aslib British library and information institutions ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs	important in the history of information science ⓘ pioneering group in faceted classification ⓘ
developedConcept	CRG classification principles ⓘ criteria for facet analysis ⓘ notion of fundamental categories in classification ⓘ
endTime	1970s ⓘ
field	classification theory ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ library and information science ⓘ
hasPublicationType	journal articles ⓘ technical reports ⓘ
hasResearchFocus	analytico-synthetic classification ⓘ compatibility of classification schemes ⓘ facets and categories in classification ⓘ indexing theory ⓘ synthetic classification schemes ⓘ theory of information retrieval languages ⓘ thesaurus construction principles ⓘ
influenced	British Classification Research School ⓘ design of library classification schemes ⓘ development of faceted thesauri ⓘ early online information retrieval systems ⓘ information science education in the UK ⓘ
influencedBy	Colon Classification ⓘ S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
knownFor	faceted classification ⓘ influence on information retrieval systems ⓘ modern information organization theory ⓘ theoretical work on classification ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
member	A. J. Wells ⓘ Barbara Kyle ⓘ Brian C. Vickery ⓘ D. W. Langridge ⓘ Derek Austin ⓘ Douglas J. Foskett ⓘ Eric Coates ⓘ Jack Mills ⓘ Jason Farradane ⓘ Robert Fairthorne ⓘ
startTime	1950s ⓘ

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Colon Classification → influenced → Classification Research Group ⓘ

British Classification Research School → associatedWithInstitution → Classification Research Group ⓘ

Eric Coates → memberOf → Classification Research Group ⓘ