OCLC is currently working on a project to create Passport for Windows macros for automatic cuttering of Dewey numbers. OCLC plans to add these tables to its other cataloging products when they are revised, for example, OCLC CatCD for Windows, OCLC CatME for Windows, and OCLC CJK software. The current Cutter tables are NOT in the public domain and are still under copyright. To develop the Four-Figure Cutter tables, OCLC started with the original 1896 and 1901 tables, analyzed their distribution against the WorldCat, and corrected and expanded them. The latest release of Dewey for Windows software has a cuttering function that uses the Four-Figure tables.
Users can choose which cuttering scheme they prefer.
If you want to base the cutter on a field other than the main entry, you only need highlight that field and reinvoke the macro. Another OCLC project is developing unique cutters for all book records in WorldCat that currently have a 082 or 092 class number. They will be present in a new field, the 093 field, which you can edit. Total of percentages may be slightly more or less than 100 because of rounding. These enhancements result from collaborative efforts between OCLC Resource Sharing and Reference Services.