[racket-dev] ACM publishing and ArXiv
1. We don't have such an organization. Several companies are trying
to become this.
2. As I pointed out, ACM's classification has little to do with modern
CS. I struggle to find useful classifiers for many of my papers. So
it's largely useless for many things I do. If it's value-add was
classification, the least it could do is keep that current!
If we really relied on the ACM's classifiers, we'd (as a community)
probably have done something about how outdated it is. The fact that
we just ignore it shows how little anyone uses it.
I take considerable pride in the quality of related-work sections in
my papers. In the process I search extensively, high and low. I have
not found the ACM useful in that process, and it's not for lack of
trying, since anything that could make my life easier I would welcome.
So, your arguments are fine in the abstract, but I don't think they
reflect reality.
Shriram