About Classification

Knowledge Base White paper Information Assets Management Special Reports Industry Articles Briefings About Classification Cost Justification RM Systems ROI Savings Using USC Case Study #1 Case Study #2 Glossary Bookstore White paper Information Assets Management Newsletter Articles Special Reports Industry Articles Briefing About Classification Savings Projections Glossary of Terms Bookstore FAQ's BRIEFINGS About Classification Overview Classification is simply the act of grouping like items together. Whether consciously or unconsciously, we apply basic classification techniques constantly in our daily lives. It is important for documents to be correctly classified, since classifications are used for: Searching/Retrieving Defining Records Management Policy Security Disaster Recovery Replication Policy Version Control Policy EDI Transaction Sets Classification is performed when the document is created. This is done by the individual creating the document because that person is in the best position to provide its proper classification. The time it takes to learn proper classifications for the subject areas involved for the normal user is relatively short (typically a matter of hours). This small investment in time substantially reduces the time required for searches. Almost all search engines in use today rely on various mechanical techniques and sophisticated algorithms to find documents that have been saved by an author using "on-the-fly" techniques for classifying. The UNIFORM SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM provides a mechanism for the author/creator of the document to classify the document properly, and in such a form that anyone searching for the document would find the document easily.