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A new Dutch abridged edition "Universele Decimale Classificatie: beknopte nederlandse uitgave" was published by the UDC Consortium. The book is envisaged as a practical manual for practitioners working with UDC as well as for training and teaching classification. The book can be ordered online.

This edition is based on the standard UDC abridged database, which includes over 10,000 classes and is extended by the complete place subdivision for the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname and the Caribbean Netherlands and the history of the Dutch speaking countries. This Dutch Abridged edition was prepared by Dr. Gerhard J. A. Riesthuis who is also the author of the introduction to the UDC and the comprehensive alphabetical index with over 19,000 entries.