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Library classification systems are the closest technology to a knowledge classification system. The difference is that neither the Dewey Decimal nor the Library of Congress classification systems help the student understand the relationships between the categories; otherwise, we would refer to the relationships to support our arguments, just as we refer to dictionary definitions and encyclopedia descriptions. The library classification systems are based on academic subjects as portals to the world's knowledge. The Secular Library system is based on a theory of seven basic concepts for seven realms of knowledge.
Realms of Knowledge
Realms are the most complex concepts we have in our language: reality, nature, technology, life, society, culture, and time.
There are seven general categories in each realm of knowledge.
General Categories List
_00. interfaces
_10. systems
_20. standards
_30. agency
_40. organizations
_50. domains
_60. histories
The general categories for the realms are the parts of our ecosystem that make the realms a reality, and not merely concepts.
The use of a semantic collation (list of concepts) is a system navigation feature that the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification systems lack. This inadequacy is the root cause of the political and social disorder we endure.
Semantic collation is an underdeveloped social construct that is easily disregarded now because of the accessibility to information. Previously, it was far too difficult to calculate, research, and develop semantic collation without the Internet, most notably the accessibility of Wikipedia and WordNet. Semantic collation may have been easier to introduce with the advent of the Internet, when web developers were using word clouds and various category lists to encourage newbies to surf the web.
The unexpected secondary application of semantic collation is that its format can be used to organize corporate and government charter articles with a reliable thematic taxonomy. This is the tool needed to systematize the checks and balances for self-government. This is the tool needed to hold corporations and governments accountable.
The primary application is a library classification system that can be easily configured for personal computer directories. The following is a description of why the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems are inefficient for this task.
General Comparison of the Portals to the World's Knowledge
Melvil Dewey
The Dewey Decimal System seems to organize the main categories of knowledge along the lines of the traditional school curriculum and is ordered in a base-ten (decimal) format. The two systems do not coordinate.
The general categories are not distributed equally into ten parts, and nobody knows how the descending categories are determined, because it is not "logical," as the five-hundred-page handbook for the system tries to describe it to be.
If it were logical, then we would refer to it just as we refer to dictionary definitions to support our arguments. If it were logical, we would probably be taught in elementary school to memorize at least the general categories.
Dewey Decimal
Generalities
000 – Computer science, information, and general works
100 – Philosophy and psychology
200 – Religion
300 – Social sciences
400 – Language
500 – Science
600 – Technology
700 – Arts and recreation
800 – Literature
900 – History and geography
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress classification system supposedly organizes the subjects of knowledge to assist the members of the federal government. The system is ordered in an alphanumeric format that makes no more logical sense than the Dewey Decimal System. At best, it appears that it deploys the "past, present, and future" trinity from Thomas Jefferson's classification system.
The incomprehensible classification systems produce a margin of error in society comparable to what the absence of numerical or alphabetical collation systems would cause.
Library of Congress
Classes
A -- GENERAL WORKS
B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC.
E -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
F -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION
H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES
J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE
K -- LAW
L -- EDUCATION
M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC
N -- FINE ARTS
P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Q -- SCIENCE
R -- MEDICINE
S -- AGRICULTURE
T -- TECHNOLOGY
U -- MILITARY SCIENCE
V -- NAVAL SCIENCE
Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
Secular Library
The Secular Library Classification is ordered by a list of seven basic concepts collated into a table of general categories grouped into realms of knowledge. The system is simple and easy to understand in how and why it is constructed compared to the Dewey Decimal and dreadful Library of Congress systems. This will be good because it is an enhancement of the virtue, "Knowledge is Power."
Secular Library
Realms of Knowledge
0 Reality
1 Nature
2 Technology
3 Life
4 Society
5 Culture
6 Time
Google Gemini AI description of criticisms
Criticisms of the Dewey Decimal System
Heavy Western/Christian bias: Class 200 (Religion) devotes ~80% of its slots to Christianity, lumping all other world religions into the 290s.
Stigmatizing labels: Historically categorized topics like homosexuality under mental disorders or marginalizing terminology for minority groups.
Single-location constraint: Hard to place modern hybrid fields (e.g., bioethics, digital humanities) without scattering related materials across disparate numbers.
Decimal limitations: Forced into strict groups of 10, forcing unrelated subjects together or running out of logical notation space for expanding fields.
Criticisms of the Library of Congress
Anglocentric perspective: History and literature schedules overwhelmingly prioritize U.S., British, and Western European history over the Global South.
Slow terminology updates: Retains outdated subject headings for long periods (e.g., historical delays in revising terms like "Illegal aliens").
Dispersed subjects: Separates related sub-topics across entirely different alpha classes (e.g., technology in Class T vs. relevant sciences in Class Q).
Non-expandable schedules: Gaps left in alphanumeric strings regularly fill up, requiring complex, arbitrary expansions.
The Secular Library is dedicated to the establishment of Science, the exercise of Reason, the pursuit of Truth, the understanding of Reality, and the better evolution of Mankind, through the prudent justification of Knowledge Classification.
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