I'm curious as to whether those with a Library or

Information Science focus have developed a "wheel of

knowledge" for the Internet, similar to the "Propedia" of

Encyclopedia Britannica (but less complex).

Since the age of 14 (I'm now 46) I have always taken the

prefix "encycl" literally, and have used the following

categories of information to form my own encyclic view of

what I encounter and learn. The categories are: 1)sense,

2)feel, 3)believe, with subcategories of 1.2) Philosophy,

2.1) Mathematics, 2.2) physics, 2.3) Chemistry,

2.4) Biology, 2.5) Physiology, 3.1) Psychology,

3.2) Sociology, 3.3) Taxonomy (Naming and classifying),

3.4) Humanities, and 1.1) Religion, all arranged like

spokes in a wheel. Spreading across the spokes of the

wheel, starting with Philosophy and progressing from lower

to higher numbers is the domain of "technology" where we

"apply" our knowledge in consistently reproducable forms.

Note also that I describe the Sense domain as Science, the

Belief domain as Spirit, and the Feel domain as Society.

If something similar to this were make available as an

organizing model for Internet, it might reduce the current

noise level of what's out there. I'm not sure a

classification system like Dewey or Library of Congress

would fit (too many historical distortions), but a decimal

system, starting with categories like the wheel I use could

fit nicely.

Roy Roebuck

Sr. Business Engineer

SAIC