[smallerdemon]

Honestly, if you want to do this, just study and use the Library of Congress cataloging system: https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/ui/en_US/htdocs/help/numbers.h...

The energy in creating your own catalog system to this extent while one already exists seems pretty ridiculous.

Why not Dewey Decimal? Well... I mean... I guess you could. But most libraries have converted to LOC since it is fully supported and still receives attention and updates to categorizations.

[taink]

The article you linked to doesn't explain plainly how the cataloging system works. Going to Wikipedia[1] makes it a little more intelligible, but honestly it still sounds pretty complicated.

If a cataloging system is difficult to explain in plain and simple terms, it will be tough to advocate for it with other people. I might put in the effort but how can I quickly convince others to do so?

Johnny Decimal is pretty simple in comparison, it's 4 bullet points:

- A JD number is two numbers with a dot in between: XX.YY

- First digit of first number: a broad category

- Second digit of first number: a sub-category

- The second number is incremented each time you create a new folder (which you want to be careful about!)

Once you've explained that and you show a basic folder structure, people will understand how it's used, at least. That's where it performs better than your system.

It's probably fine if it's tough to define, but it has to be simple to teach.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classifica...