THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF INFORMATION REPRESENTATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE

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Keywords:

Information representation – concept, narrative review – Information Science.

Abstract

Its approaches the information representation, traditionally oriented towards the production of documentary substitutes for retrieval purposes, from a theoretical perspective. It aims to analyze how the concept of information representation has been constructed and discussed in the Information Science literature, identifying its conceptual bases, theoretical influences, and relationships with the information and knowledge organization. It constitutes bibliographic, qualitative, and theoretical-conceptual research. Data collection prioritizes the Brapci and SciELO databases for a narrative review, guided by theoretical-conceptual texts that define and problematize the theme, foundational texts guided by traditions in the field, and synthesis texts on Information Science and knowledge organization. The results demonstrate that information representation is sometimes conceived as condensation, sometimes as translation, as a process divided into levels, and as a specification of informational attributes. It concludes that information representation carries a historicity in its conceptual plane and continues to develop.

Author Biographies

  • Adilson Ribeiro de Sá Júnior, Federal University of Goiás

    Master’s candidate in Information Science in the Graduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Goiás (PPGCI/UFG). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and a certificate in Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion from UNISE College. 

  • Lais Pereira de Oliveira, Federal University of Goiás

    Faculty member in the Library Science program at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Tenured professor in the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI/UFG). Ph.D. in Information Science from the Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University of São Paulo (Unesp). Holds a master’s degree in Information Science from the University of Brasília (UnB). Holds a bachelor’s degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Coordinator of the Laboratory of Processes, Products, and Tools for Thematic Information Processing (LAPPITTI/UFG). 

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Published

2026-11-13

Conference Proceedings Volume

2026: XXVI ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE PESQUISA E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO

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GT 2 – Organização e Representação do Conhecimento

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