Differentiate between idea plane, verbal plane and notational plane. Discuss the canons of idea plane giving examples.
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Ideas plane
● Ideas comes from mind and mind in Sanskrit means “ to think “. As such Ideas come when their is self-communication with the mind.
● Ranganathan and Gopinath (1967) said, “The destiny of any idea created by one mind is the minds of the others.”
● An idea is just a thought but when it fuses with mind it gets modified.
● Ideas are transferred through the medium of language.
notational plane
●The role of each plane is well defined.
● Conscious separation of work in the three planes allows for the fuller development of these planes.
● Words are replaced by symbols.
● These symbols have precise meanings
● This artificial language of ordinal digits are helpful in arranging documents and resources.
● In classificatory language, an idea is represented by an ordinal digit(s). There are no homonyms and synonyms.
●Notational plane is a plane of numbers, where concepts are represented by numbers.
● The main concern at the notational plane is to develop a set of ordinal digits and the rules for their usage
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