The Virtual Encyclopedia (VE)

Master Index of Categories and Subcategories

Version of 10/1/95 2:56 PM Comments to Jeff Duntemann: jeffd@coriolis.com

This is ugly work in some respects, but it has to be done. Feedback is always requested on the assignments summarized here. Keep in mind that the presence or absense of a category is no judgement on the category itself, but simply a guess (as all of this is a guess) as to the sheer volume of entries a field is likely to eventually contain. That's why there's a "Pets" category that isn't under "Zoology," even though all animate pets (and rocks don't count, nor potted plants) could be considered Zoology.

I've bent science a hair when a category is in fact popular culture. Going back to the Pets category, well, yeah, I know that rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents--but most people consider them rodents when they keep them as pets. Unless you're a zoologist, the whole business of rodents vs. lagomorphs is just hare-splitting anyway.

Now, if you're an expert in a field which has no defined subcategories yet, message me and let me know if you'd be interested in dividing out a category into subcategories. None of us here have a clue about Botany, for example (we're all silicon geeks here) and eventually this all has to be done.

The categories are actually stored in a database, and this document is a massaged output report.

FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES

 
005	Agriculture
010	Anthropology
015	Architecture
020	Archeology
025	Arts			Cinema, theater, fine arts--but not reviews thereof
035	Astronomy
040	Aviation/Space
045	Biography		Biography and autobiography, geneology
050	Botany
055	Business		Includes economics
060	Chemistry
065	Common Life		Do-it-yourself, crafts, collectables, folkways
070	Computing
075	Ecology/Environment
080	Electronics
085	Fiction/Poetry		Actual works of fiction and poetry
090	Games/Puzzles		Chess, Go, word games, palindromes, game theory
095	Geography		Places; countries, cities, travelogs
100	Geology
105	History
107	Jobs Postings
110	Language		Grammar, usage, philology etc.
115	Law
120	Literature		Academic research and commentary on literature
125	Mathematics
130	Mechanics		The branch of physics, not car repairs
132	Media			TV, radio, cinema
135	Medicine		Human medicine
140	Music
145	Mythology
150	Oceanography
155	Paleontology
157	Pets
160	Philosophy
165	Physics
170	Politics
175	Products/Services		Allows extension of VE into commerce
180	Religion
185	Resumes/Home Pages
190	Reviews			Reviews of various things
200	Sports/Outdoors		Sports, outdoor activities, fishing, boating, etc
210	Sociology
220	Technology
230	Transportation
235	Veterinary Medicine
245	Zoology

B-LEVEL SUBCATEGORIES, BY CATEGORY

025 Arts

030	Cinema
040	Dance
050	Folk
120	Modern
140	Painting
160	Sculpture
200	Theater

035 Astronomy

010	Asteroids
020	Astrometry
030	Astronomical History
040	Astrophotography
050	Astrophysics
060	Comets
070	Cosmology
080	Galaxies 
085	Gamma Ray Astronomy
087	Images
090	Luna (Moon)
100	Meteors/Meteorites
105	Minor Planets (Asteroids)
110	Nebulae (Gaseous)
120	Novae/Supernovae
130	Planets
135	Planetary Satellites
140	Quasars
150	Radio Astronomy
155	SETI
160	Sol (Sun)
180	Star Clusters
190	Stars
200	Telescopes/Observatories
210	Telescope Making
215	Time
220	Variable Stars
230	X-Ray Astronomy

070 Computing

003	Ada
006	Access
009	Algorithms
012	Analysis
015	APL
018	Applications Other
021	Assembly
024	Basic
027	C
030	C++
033	CAD
036	CICS
039	Client/Server Systems
042	COBOL
045	Cryptography
048	Databases Other
051	Delphi (Borland)
054	Desktop Publishing
057	DEC CPU
060	DEC OS
063	Desktop Publishing
066	Embedded Systems
069	FORTH
072	FORTRAN
075	Gaming
078	Graphics
081	Groupware
084	Hardware Design
087	IBM CPU
090	IBM OS
093	Intel CPU
096	Internet
099	Languages Other
102	Legacy Mainframe
105	Legacy Desktop
108	Linux
111	Macintosh
114	Markup
117	Modula-2
120	MSDOS
123	Multimedia
126	Mumps
129	NeXT
132	Netware
135	Networking
137	Online Services
138	Optimization
141	Oracle
144	OS/2
147	OS Other
150	Paradox
153	Pascal
156	PC
159	Pick
162	PowerBuilder
165	PowerPC
168	Progress
171	Prolog
174	RBase
177	Rexx
180	SGI
183	Smalltalk
186	Spreadsheets
189	Software Design
192	Software Engineering
195	Software Quality/Testing
198	SQL
201	Sun
204	Supercomputing
207	Telecomm
210	Unix
213	Visual Basic
216	Virtual Reality
219	Windows
222	Windows NT
225	Word Processing
228	XBase

085 Fiction/Poetry

030	Fantasy
040	General
050	Historical
100	Mystery
110	Parody Fiction
112	Parody Lyrics
115	Parody Poetry
120	Poetry
150	Romance
180	SF
220	Western

090 Games/Puzzles

012	Acrostics
024	Billiards/Pool
036	Blackjack
048	Board Games
060	Bridge
072	Card Games Other
084	Checkers
096	Chess
100	Computer
108	Crosswords
120	Game Theory
132	Go
144	Mah Jongg
156	Palindromes
168	Poker
180	Role Playing Fantasy
192	Role Playing Military
204	Role Playing SF
216	Rotisserie
228	Tangrams

140 Music

005	Barbershop
010	Big Band
020	Children's
022	Christmas				
025	Classical
030	Country-Western
040	Dixieland
050	Ethnic
060	Folk
070	Humor/Parody			Filk etc.
080	Jazz				Modern, klesmer, *not* Dixieland
090	Opera
095	Metal
100	New Age/Electronic
120	Pop				Easy listening, vocals, "soft rock"
125	Punk				
130	Rap
135	Reggae
140	Rock
160	Sacred				Hymns, spirituals, chant, all cultures
170	Show Tunes/Soundtracks		Broadway musicals, movie music
180	Soul

157 Pets

020	Amphibians			Frogs, toads, newts, salamanders
040	Arachnids			Spiders
060	Birds
080	Cats
100	Dogs
120	Fish
140	Horses
160	Insects
180	Large Mammals			Cows, goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas
200	Pigs
220	Reptiles				Snakes, lizards, turtles
225	Rodents				Hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, rabbits
230	Small Mammals Other		Non-rodents like ferrets etc.
245	Wild Animals			Wolves, bears, big cats

175 Products/Services

010	Amateur Radio
015	Astronomy/Telescopes
020	Books
025	Computer Hardware
027	Computer Software, Commercial
030	Computer Software, Shareware
035	Computer Software, Freeware and Public Domain
040	Courses/Seminars


180 Religion

010	African
015	Ancient			Egyptian, Sol Invictus, Druidism, etc.
020	Ba'hai
025	Baptist
030	Buddhist
035	Catholic
040	Christian Science
045	Confucian
050	Eastern Orthodox
055	Episcopal
060	Esoterica
062	Evangelical
065	Islam
070	Judaism
075	Lutheran
080	Mormonism
085	Native American
090	New Age
100	New Church (Swedenborg)
110	Paganism
115	Pentecostal
120	Presbyterian
125	Religion Other
140	Shamanist
145	Shinto
145	Spiritualist
180	Theosophy
200	Voodoo
210	Wicca

185 Resumes/Home Pages

040	Charitable Institution
055	Consultant
060	Corporate
065	Educational
070	Federal Government
075	Hospital
080 	Local Government
090 	Library
100 	Looking for Work
125 	Not Looking for Work
150 	Personal Home Page
175 	Religious Institution
185 	State Government

190 Reviews

020	Book
030	Computer Software
032	Computer Hardware
040	Consumer Electronics
110	Movie
115	Music
120	Opera
150	Restaurant
185	Theater
220	Vehicle