Timeline for How should the Math Subject Classification (MSC) be revised or improved?
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| Jun 17, 2010 at 3:14 | comment | added | Igor Pak | @Victor: that's right. Another important WP feature is that it allows a quick and easy update when things change. Unfortunately, if you make changes to MSC too often that also diminishes the value of the classification system. Some kind of middle ground works best in this case. | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 1:09 | comment | added | Victor Protsak | Speaking of Wikipedia, its data structure of "categories" (still hierarchical, but no longer a tree, and even with an occasional directed closed loop) is superior for organizing material if the ease of searching is the goal. | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 0:29 | comment | added | Joel David Hamkins | Thanks for this thoughtful answer, Igor. I agree with your general assessment, and similar issues arise in section 03. | |
| Jun 16, 2010 at 23:34 | history | edited | Igor Pak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 16, 2010 at 23:28 | history | answered | Igor Pak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |