Re: What is this model technique called

>> Library systems assign attributes (classes) to books. Sometimes a
book arrives that doesn't fit in any existing class so the librarian has to create a new one. The new class then gets communicated to every other librarian. <<

Bad example. We have the Dewey Decimal Classification and Library of Congress systems in libraries today because they needed to stop doing that. If a librarian has a question about the code for a book, they go to the LOC card on the website and use what is there -- a single trusted source for the information, as opposed to creation on the fly. Received on Tue Jun 10 2003 - 18:53:43 CEST