Organization and representation of the archival knowledge: in pursuit of a method to construct a functional thesaurus

Abstract

The production and use of archival knowledge in the Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) scenario presents a complex environment.
Thus, reflecting on the ways of representing the archival knowledge with
terminological instruments contributes to informational access. In this
perspective, the functional thesauri, as a field of study within the area, act as a
complementary solution tool to the problems of access to archival information.
Therefore, the present work aims to carry out a methodological systematization
of the construction of a functional thesaurus. About the methodological
procedures, they are characterized as a bibliographic and exploratory research
with a qualitative approach. The Bardin content analysis method was used,
which after the pre-analysis and the exploitation of the material (technicalscientific
literature), the following categories were grouped: conceptual
pragmatic nature, necessary preliminary aspects, functions that the thesaurus
performs, in addition to the theoretical aspects evidenced, steps and fundamental
actions for the construction of the functional thesaurus. It has been found that,
for the construction of functional thesauri, the Australian National Archives
manual, pioneer in a functional thesaurus manual, it describes steps and 

necessary for its construction. It is concluded that this trajectory of the
construction of a functional thesaurus is going through an initial stage, revealing
the need for a theoretical deepening of this subject with other areas of
knowledge.

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