Proposal for the organization and classification of Assistive Technology software in digital repositories

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos da Cunha Fernandes, Larissa
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Janicy Aparecida Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RBBD. Revista Brasileira de Biblioteconomia e Documentação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbbd.febab.org.br/rbbd/article/view/1952
• topic: Assistive Technology; People with disabilities; Assistive Technology Repository; Faceted taxonomy; Tecnologia Assistiva; Pessoas com deficiência; Repositório de Tecnologia Assistiva; Taxonomia facetada

The research presented here is contextualized by the wide diversity of free Assistive Technology software and their usefulness for people with disabilities, who often struggle to identify the most suitable software for their needs due to its dispersion across the web. As a solution, this study proposes a simplified method for organizing and classifying Assistive Technology software in digital repositories, to facilitate knowledge, retrieval, access, and utilization of these important resources for the autonomy and independence of people with disabilities. The proposition began with bibliographic and documentary surveys that were used to develop a navigational faceted taxonomy, an information organization tool that has applicability for information retrieval in digital environments. Furthermore, the proposed taxonomy was validated through implementation and testing in an Assistive Technology repository, confirming its effectiveness for its intended purpose.