Corporate and faceted taxonomies: Analysis of its uses and applications in the information science of Brazil

Abstract

Taxonomies allow a more accurate retrieval of information, since they direct the user to the search, through the labels of the classes and subclasses present in the hierarchical structure. The purpose of this article is to present a partial result of a broader research, offering the uses and applications of corporate and face taxonomies as instruments of information and knowledge representation, described in theses and dissertations in the field of Information Science. The methodology included a bibliographic survey in the Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações of Capes, in order to map the theses and dissertations related to the subject. Only seven dissertations in Information Science were retrieved over a period of 15 years, and not even one thesis. The exploration of the documents used the Content Analysis method, based on the categories: objective, methodology, final product and future work. The results showed the state of the art over the uses and applications of the investigated instruments, as well as the trends for future studies. The non-representative quantitative of the research evidenced the need for more studies involving these instruments.