
TDO Case Studies
Chapter 12 of TDO contains a diverse collection of nineteen case studies that embody Chapter 2’s framework for designing or analyzing an organizing system. Most of the case studies were written by students as “mini term papers” to demonstrate their mastery of TDO. We have collected over 100 of these case studies and they can be freely used to illustrate the broad applicability of the organizing system concept.
Please note: The collection is being updated periodically.
Architectural Signage at the Li Ka Shing Center, UC Berkeley

Laura Desmond-Black
Resource Arrangement / Location
Carving up the world at its political joints

Robert J. Glushko
Resource Arrangement / Location
Dutch Parliament

Fien van Westreenen
Governmental / Institutional Organization & Classification
Effectiveness and Elaboration Spare-Parts Organization

Yannick Noel Phillipe Marie Schyns
Resource Arrangement / Location
Federal Election Commission Disclosure Database

Shomik Sarkar
Information / Document Management
Information Organization and Retrieval - Digital Art Gallery

April Dawn Kester
Resource Description
Knowledge Management for Competitive Intelligence

Jordan Shedlock
Information / Document Management
Moving Towards One China: The Chinese Communist Party as an Organizing System

Angela Liu
Governmental / Institutional Organization & Classification
New Resource of Cities: The Digital Layer

Nadia Demilly Otteson
Information / Document Management
Old and New: Christianity as an Organizing System

Sebastian N. V. Mirano
Governmental / Institutional Organization & Classification
On-Nala: Administrative Documents Organizing System of the Korean Government
