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Originally Posted by Manichean
I have to add my two cents to this discussion, because one point hasn't been made yet:
I'm absolutely no expert on library sorting systems, but a quick (single-digit minutes) research on Wikipedia seems to suggest to me that the Dewey system is well and good for english- language libraries, but may be too specific for other languages. If any sorting system should be integrated into Calibre, I believe it should be one that supports at least the major languages well- off the top of my head I would say english, spanish, french, german at the very least, maybe russian and portugese as well. That should cover at least a large amount of the userbase, I believe.
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There are only two main classification systems used by libraries world wide. one is UDC (which is based on DCC) and the other is the Chinese system. Most libraries that hold books in multiple languages, separate books first by language, and then by classification.