various bibliographic catalog from the end of the '800 and '900 (from Paul Otlet/Henry La Fontaine Munaneum to Ranganathan faceted classification system passing through Niklas Luhmann, Carl Sagan and many others
Look into Henry La Fontaine, Mundaneum, Ranganathan's faceted classification system.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification
What was Carl Sagan's system?