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[Prescribes the accommodation of common energy isolates in the lastoctave and in the pre-first octave in CC. Enumerates the pre-first octavecommon energy isolates peculiar to each of Intellectual, Industrialand Institutional activities respectively. Recommends the use of the lastoctave to accommodate the materials to be used as common matterisolates, and the accommodation of physical, chemical, vital and valueattributes of material and person, in the pre-first octave as if they werecommon matter isolates. Enumerates one set of common personalityisolates to be accommodated in the pre-first octave].

5 Common Energy Isolate

Unlike time or space isolate, every energy isolate is not a commonone. Some are special and some are common. The special energyisolates should be enumerated separately for each basic class, and,in some cases, separately even for each isolate in the first round per-sonality and matter facets. In CC these are accommodated in thefirst octaves and in the two of the last octaves got by alphabeticaland chronological devices respectively. In other words, the firstsignificant digit in their isolate numbers is an Arabic numeral or acapital letter. The common energy isolates are accommodated inthe last octave derived by the subject device and in the pre-first octave.In other words, the first significant digit in their isolate numbers is eithera capital letter preceded by a circular bracket or a lower case letter.These isolates can be enumerated once for all for most of the basicclasses.

51. SUBJECT DEVICE

The use of subject device to represent a common-energy isolatedoes not call for any special schedules being constructed. In the past,this has been called the last octave device. It was taken to representa phase relation. It was called aspect or tool phase relation. Ourideas about phase relation have now been clarified. It IS now seen

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that this use of subject device does not constitute a phase relation.The resulting isolate is only a focus in a facet of the post basic class

52. PRE-FIRST OCTAVE

Among the common energy isolates to be accommodated in thepre-first octave, three distinct groups may be recognised:-

1 Common intellectual activities;2 Common industrial activities; and3 Common institutional activities.

It will be helpful to enumerate three different schedules of commonenergy isolates for the above three groups of activities. Perhaps somehost-subject may demand more than one of these groups. Experiencealone can prove or disprove this. If it is proved, further difficultieswill arise. For example, some notational device will become neces-sary to indicate the different groups of activities. It is conjecturedhowever that such a contingency will not arise. Will there be othergroups of activities? If so, these too will require the enumerationof schedules of common energy isolates of their own.

53. INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY

The following schedule is provisionally suggested for the commonenergy isolates in the group of intellectual activities:-

CC Isolate of intellectualNo. activity

a Hypothesis (making)b Normative principle

(enunciating)c Law (deriving)d Deductivee Inductivefg Criticismh AssumptionJ Postulate (making)k Definitionm Fact (finding)n Observationp Experimentationq Fallacy (making)r Detections Correction

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(01 :167' 5)(Oi :17'023 '2)

(01 :167'7)(01 :168'332)(0 I :165 .64)

(01 :165' 65)(01 :167'4)(01 :167'4)(01 :168'4)(01 :165'31)(01 :165 .321 )(01 :167'231)(01 :168'35)

Perhaps there isno provision forthese commonisolates, thoughthere are placesfor some of themas special iso-lates in logic andmethodology

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The above provisional schedule should be experimented upon andmodified and augmented in the light of the experience gained. Thecanon of scheduled mnemonics may with advantage be invoked infinalising the above schedule, when a detailed schedule is workedout for the science of thinking or logic. UDC gives some details forthis. But a fuller enumeration has to be awaited in most of theschemes. UDC secures a number for each of the above commonisolates by its colon device. But I do not know how thay can behandled in BC.

54 INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

The following schedule is provisionally suggested for the commonenergy isolates in the group of industrial activities. There is no pro-vision in BC for these as strictly common isolates. But there arespecial schedules for particular industries. The BC No. given belowis taken from schedule 21.

CC Isolate of industrial activity UDCNo.No.

a Plan .001 .14b Work on small scale .001.3c Trial .001.41d Model on full scale .001.72e Job analysis '004.13f Routine (Work chart) '004.24g Criticism (01.001.85)h Preparation .002.1J Production .002.2k Assembly .002.72m Finishing .002.29n Testing .001.4p Packing .004 3q Storing .004.4r Transport .004.3s Distributiont Use .004.14u Repairing (Servicing) .004.67v Waste .002.68w Waste utilisation .004.8x Discontinuation .004.7.Y Revival .004.87

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The above provisional schedule should be experimented upon andmodified and augmented in the light of the experience gained. Theexperience of production engineers and technologists should be drawnupon III group discussions. Considerable work thus remains to bedone to finalise this schedule.

55 INSTITUTIONALACTIVITYThe following schedule is provisionally suggested for the common

energy isolates in the group of institutional activities. BC No. istaken from schedule l4C.

CC BC No. with

No. Isolate of institutional activity UDC No. comma as con-necting symbol

a Object 06.011.3 Ab Policy Ac Constitution 06.013 Cd Function 06.011.3 Ae

Jg Criticismh Organisation 06.012 B

J Agenda (work) 06.053.3k Meeting 06.053.5m Minutes (work) 06.053.7n Report (work) 06.055.1p Dessemination 06.07 Sq Management 06.04 Br Exploration

Advice 06.0436Deliberation 06.042

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v Execution 06.041 Ew Administration 06.044 Px Sanctiony Review

This provisional schedule should be experimented upon and modifiedand augumented, before it can be finalised.

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6 Common Matter IsolateLike energy isolate, some matter isolates are special and some are

common. The special matter isolates should be enumerated separatelyfor each basic class; and in some cases, separately even for eachisolote in the first round personality facet. In CC, these are accommo-dated in the first octaves and in the two of the last octaves got by alpha-betical and chronological devices respectively. In other words, thefirst significant digit in their isolate numbers is an Arabic numeral or acapital letter. The common matter isolates are accommodated inthe pre-first octave, and in the last octave derived by subject device.In other words, the first significant digit in their isolate numbers is alower case letter, or a capital letter preceded by a circular bracket.

61 PRE-FIRST OCTAVE

It was believed till recently that there can be no pre-first octavecommon matter isolate. This would mean running the pre-firstoctave of a matter facet to waste. This would offend the Law ofParsimony. The exigetic principle of "lost horse and burnt chariot"was applied to utilise this unused zone of the first order array of amatter facet. It has been provisionally decided to accommodatein this zone physical, chemical and vital attributes when the host is aconcrete entity, as if these were matter isolates. To regard such attri-butes as manifestations of matter is no doubt artificial. But curiouslyin our discussion with various people, we have found that this is notaltogether unacceptable. It gets confirmed by the practice of theThesarus also. It lists all such attributes under the heading" Matter".

62. NOTATIONAL PLANE

Assuming that this is permissible in the idea plane, we haveto examine the notational plane. It is proposed to use the analogueof subject device, by replacing the initial capital letter of the subjectby the corresponding lower case letter. The common isolate numberfor a physical attribute will be initiated by C; that for a chemicalattribute will be initiated bye; and that for a vital attribute by g.These lower case letters may be amplified by Arabic numerals takenfrom the corresponding main classes ui: C physics for physical attri-butes, E Chemistry for chemical attributes, and G Biology for vitalattributes It has to be experimented whether more than one facet

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will contribute to' such common isolate numbers. It is conjecturedthat they may not. If they do, some special rules will have to beframed to meet cases of more than one facet.

63. RESOLUTION OF HOMONYM

Consider the following table of examples.the recently established "packet notation"subject device.

In the third column,is used to indicate

New CCNo. Subject Old CC No.Residual Meaningof Old CC No.

MM Materials MM MaterialsMM;c Physical constants MM :(C) Physics of materialsMM;e Chemical constants MM :(E) Chemistry of ma ter-

ialsFII8 Gold FIl8 GoldF118;c Physical constants Fl18 :(C) Physics of goldFII8;c4 Thermal constants FIl8 :(C4) Heat treatment of

goldFII8;c433 Specific heat Fl18 :(C433) Determination of

specific h eat ofgold

J37 Fruit J37 FruitJ37;e97 Vitamin content J37 :(E :3097) Estimation of vita-

min content offruit

In the past the number in column 3 was taken to represent both of thesubjects mentioned in columns 2 and 4. These were called aspectand tool phases respectively. This phenomenon of homonym waslisted as one of the unsolved problems in need of pursuit. The resultsrecorded in this paper have resolved this homonym. Neither subjectis not regarded as involving phase relation. Each involves only facets.The users of the reading materials on the two subjects are not the same.Therefore the slight separation of the two subjects does not cause asmuch unhelpfulness as may appear at first thought. In the arrange-ment, the second subject will precede the first. This is helpful, as thefirst is the result of the second.

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64. VALUE AND SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES

The prescription of section 62 will utilise only a half of the pre-first octave. By analogy, it is proposed to accommodate, in the un-used half of the pre-first octave, value attributes-such as literary,linguistic, religious, ethical, aesthetic, mental, emotional, educational,political, economic, social and legal value attributes. It is likelythat such attributes arise mostly when the host subject represents aperson or a social personality. The construction of the commonisolate number may be analogous to that described in section 62.

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65. RESOLUTION OF HOMONYM

Consider the following table of examples. In the third columnthe recently established " packet notation" is used to indicate SubjectDevice.

New CC No. Subject Old CC No. Residual Meaning of OldCC No.

0-,2J64 Shakespeare. 0-,2J64 Shakespeare. DramaDrama

0-,2J64; n8 Musical quality 0-, 2J64: gO Shakespeare's view of(N8) music

0-, 2J64; pI Rhythm 0-, 2J64: gO rhythm(P:I)

0-, 2J64; r5 Aesthetic qualitv 0,- 2J64: gO aesthetics(RS)

0-, 2J64; 543 Imagination 0-2,J64:g0 imagination(S: 43)

0-, 2J64; t Educational value 0-,2J64:g0 " education(T)

0-,2J64;/ Social value 0-, 2J64: £,0 " sociology(Y)

In the past the number in column 3 was taken to represent both of thesubjects mentioned in column 2 and 4. These two subjects are surelytotally different from each other. Thus we had to put up with anunresolved homonym. The results recorded in this paper have re-solved this homonym.

66. LAST OCTAVE

The use of the last octave to accomodate common-matter isolatesof another kind is suggested as follows. Each basic class or any otherhost class may require the enumeration of certain favoured categoriesof matter. These will be accommodated in the first octaves and in thetwo of the last octaves derived by alphabetical and chronological

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devices respectively. These are indeed its special matter isolates, asstated in section 6. But the host class may also need other materials,in a subsidiary way. These other materials would have figured inother host subjects as their respective special isolates. It is proposed touse for such a subsidiary material a number got by adding toits original host number the isolate nmber for the material as it isenumerated in its own schedule. This is no doubt a modified form ofsubject device. As the host subject may have facets, it is desirableto enclose the common material isolate number so derived withincircular brackets. This prescription also awaits being experimentedupon, before it can be finalised,

67. UDCIn UDC common-matter isolates are to be represented by its

colon device. These can not be distinguished from-tool or bias phase.

68 BCThere does not appear to be any schedule of common attribute

isolates.

7 Cornmon Personality IsolateThe first attempt to use the pre-first octave of the first order

array of a personality facet appeared in the fourth edition of the Colonclassification. The isolates enumerated turned out to be " profession"and " institutions" of various kinds. Their enumeration was madebefore the idea of common energy isolates were conceived. It is nowfelt that the enumeration of common energy isolates of the pre-firstoctave and that of the common personality isolates of the pre-firstoctave should be made mnemonic. This is easily done.

8 Work to be DoneThe abstract classification implied in the above discussion solves

some of the difficulties. The schedules given are only provisional onesto test the usefulness or otherwise of the abstract classification. Theisolates and their helpful sequences should now be established by teamwork. Specialists in different regions of knowledge will have to betaken for help. The files of different offices and industrial concernsshould be used as concrete basis for discussion. This is the work tobe done on common isolates of all kinds considered.

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