OT: "Dekadische Nummerierung" - english translation
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OT: "Dekadische Nummerierung" - english translation
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08-11-2009, 10:30 AM
Sorry for disturbing with this OT: Numbering items in a TOC like 1/1.1/1.1.1/1.1.2/1.2/1.2.1/2/2.1 and so on is called "dekadische Nummerierung" in german, what is a very specific expression. I looked quite a while in several sources for a translation, but I am not sure that "decimal numbering" is realy it. Who knows the exact term for it? TIA.....Mike
08-11-2009, 12:07 PM
Hallo Mike, after asking a friendly librarian, she meant "decimal classification" may be the right term. Reason: there is such a system in English libraries. HIH (hoffe es hilft) Walter
08-11-2009, 12:29 PM
Sounds like your librarian may be thinking of the "Dewey Decimal Classification" which is a system for classifying books by subject and discipline, not for numbering the contents. In English, I've never encountered a specific term for numbering the contents in one particular way vs. any other way. Decimal numbering sounds like a reasonable expression. HTH
08-11-2009, 03:34 PM
Quote:I'm aware of Dewey. You use Dewey in libraries, but you may use similar decimal systems for other purposes as well. E.g. for structuring topics covered in a text. If I understood it correctly, that's what Mike was looking for. Nevertheless, "decimal numbering" may be an alternative translation. Further proposals?
[rant]Dewey was not the first one using a decimal structure, so he couldn't even patent it. So you are free to apply a decimal structure elsewhere. That doesn't mean you shall copy it exactly. Think![/rant] Edited: 11 Aug 2009, 11:32 p.m.
08-12-2009, 05:05 AM
Tnx 4 all answers. One reply I received off-list from Hubert who pointed me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_2145 where the British Standard BS 5848:1980 is referenced. There they call it "point numbering". Ciao.....Mike ...and UPN - Unremitting Point Numbering <G> |
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