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Colon Classification is an analytico-synthetic system of bibliographic classification that represents the subject of a document by decomposing it into facets and combining the associated notational elements in a prescribed citation order [1]. Its conceptual framework organizes subject components through the fundamental categories Personality, Matter, Energy, Space, and Time (PMEST), while its notation and connecting symbols express the ordered relations among these components [1]. The system differs from an enumerative classification scheme in that it does not depend exclusively on a fixed list of pre-combined subject classes: a compound class number is constructed by synthesizing controlled facet isolates to represent a complex subject [1].

faceted classification analytico-synthetic classification library classification PMEST categories

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  1. Suresh Yadav. Sophisticated Online Tool to Sort Colon Classification Number. Ann. Libr. Inf. Stud. 2026, 73, 71-74.. [CrossRef]
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