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Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux
Documents can be assigned Dewey Decimal Numbers. Or, for those that prefer them, Cutter Numbers.
More pointedly, any semi-decent Document Management System will mandate that Dewey Decimal Numbers, Cutter Numbers, or similar set of identifiers be used.
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Most of the Document management systems I've seen would need extra configuration for Dewey or Cutter which are specific to LIBRARY systems, not systems managing and archiving arbitrary documents.
Actual Library management systems will give every item a unique ID, generated by the system so as to track more than one copy of the same physical item. Those items then need that ID attached as either a barcode (that can't be confused with ISBN) or RFID tag, or maybe both. If there a publisher code ISBN (books) or something like it, then that would be in the metadata. The metadata is unlikely to have Dewey or Cutter info in Europe.
A document management system would often include an archival system and ability to scan arbitrary documents and optionally automatically index those from a barcode on the front page or every page, often generated at print time. The document may be electronic with later added handwriting, signatures or electronic additions.