Given a first-order nonlinear hyperbolic system of conservation laws endowed with a convex entropy-entropy flux pair, we consider the class of weak solutions containing shock waves depending upon some small scale parameters. In this Note, after introducing a notion of positive entropy production property that involves test-functions (rather than solutions), we define and derive several classes of entropy-dissipating augmented models, as we call them, which involve (possibly nonlinear) second- and third-order augmentation terms. Such terms typically arise in continuum physics and model viscosity and other high-order effects in a fluid. By introducing a new notion of positive entropy production that concerns general functions rather than solutions, we can easily check the entropy-dissipating property for a broad class of augmented models. The weak solutions associated with the corresponding zero-limit may contain (nonclassical undercompressive) shocks whose selection is determined from these high-order effects, for instance by using traveling wave solutions. Having a classification of the underlying models, as we propose, is essential for developing a general shock wave theory.