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2 A short schedule of Common Space Isolates, any one of which may occur as a
facet in any Compound Subject. This schedule is called 'Area Table'. It prescribes the
digit-pair '09' as the Connecting Digit for Space Facet.
In view of the provision of these two schedules of Common Isolates for use as
Facets of any Compound Subject, DC is called an 'Almost Enumerative Classification'
(49).
3.4 Almost Faceted Classification
UDC is an example of an Almost Faceted Classification. As in DC, most of its
Compound Classes are enumerated in a single schedule extending over a few hundreds of
pages. The core of this schedule extending, say, to subjects of order 3 or 4 is generally the
same as in DC. There are changes in subjects of higher order. As DC does, UDC also
uses the Decimal Fraction Notation highlighting the Hierarchical Sequence of the
Compound Subjects going with one and the same Basic Subject. UDC provides also
1 A short schedule of Common Isolates (denoting forms of exposition), any one
of which may occur as a facet in any Compound Subject. These are called 'Common
Auxiliaries of Form'. It prescribes the digit-group (0 ...) as the Connecting Device for
Common Isolate Facet;
2 A short schedule of Common Time Isolates, any one of which may occur as a
facet in any Compound Subject. These are called 'Common Auxiliaries of Time'. It
prescribes the digit-pair "..." as the Connecting Device for Time Facet;
3 A short schedule of Common Space Isolates, any one of which may occur as a
facet in any Compound Subject. These are called 'Common Auxiliaries of Place'. It
prescribes the digit-pair (...) as the Connecting Device for Space Facet; and
4 In association with some subjects, a short schedule of Special Isolates, any one
of which may occur in any Compound Subject going with the said Subject. These are
called 'Special (Auxiliary) Subdivisions'. They are also called 'Analytical Subdivisions'.
Two kinds of Analytical Subdivisions are recognised with the Connecting Digit "-" and
the Connecting Digit-Pair ".0" respectively.
The former is more widely applicable than the latter. These schedules of Special
Isolates may include indifferently manifestations of any one of the Fundamental
Categories Energy,, or Matter (Property), or Matter (Material), or Personality.
Occasionally, they also include Secondary Phases. UDC is described as an Almost
Faceted Classification on account of its providing dozens of schedules of isolates, any
one of which may occur as a facet either in all Compound Subjects or in Compound
Subjects going with particular specified Subjects (50).
3.5 Freely Faceted Classification
At present CC is the only Freely Faceted Classification. This quality of it has been
occulted by the heading of the schedules for the Compound Subjects going with a Basic