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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Shirley Lincicum <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Ross is essentially correct. Education is an authorized subject term > that can be subdivided geographically. Finance is a free-floating > subdivision that is authorized for use under subject terms that > conform to parameters given in the scope notes in its authority record > (680 fields), but it cannot be subdivided geographically. England is > an authorized geographic subject term that can be added to any heading > that can be subdivided geographically. Wait, so is it possible to know if "England" means the free-floating geographic entity or the country? Or is that just plain unknowable. Suddenly, my mouth is hungering for something gun-flavored. I know OCLC did some work trying to dis-integrate different types of terms with the FAST stuff, but it's not clear to me how I can leverage that (or anything else) to make LCSH at all useful as a search target or (even better) facet. Has anyone done anything with it?