Representação do conhecimento em biblioteca virtual temática em saúde: dimensões cognitivas do processo de conceitualização de tema

Abstract

iven the evolutionary process and global diffusion of knowledge and information search and retrieval, printed publications, gradually are replaced by the new information media, coming from the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This technological evolution is reflected in the context of libraries and repositories, merging different types and classifications -digital library, electronic library and virtual library -and causes significant changes in the environment and the informational dynamics, creatingpossibilitiesfor storage, availability and dissemination scientific information.However, the vast universe of information available in libraries, with its exponential growth, barriers present at the time of organization and representation of scientific information, generating slow and inefficient information search and retrieval.In the universe of a Thematic Virtual Library in Health, aimed at better understanding the context of thematic libraries, in the context of digital repositories, where this study took place,and because it is a virtual library of an organizational nature theme, was held one study, for purposes of the understanding and definition of Theme. Thus, then, one of the goals of this dissertation is to present a process of conceptualization Theme with cognitive dimensions, which facilitates a conceptual model of knowledge representation for ontology, with integration of theoretical and methodological approaches of classical and non classical knowledge organization, aiming to build models of representation on the semantic fields organized thematically, and more specifically on the topic 'breast health'.