A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations
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Resumo: | Within the realm of Information Science, information retrieval is a seminal issue. Knowledge organization systems are instruments that organize knowledge by connecting concepts through semantic relations for purposes of information retrieval. One of the most important of these semantic relations is the so-called part-whole relation. In this paper, we revisit some peculiarities of part-whole relations that are often overlooked by the Information Science community. In order to do this, we provide a theoretical investigation of two perspectives used to explain the notion of parts and wholes: a formal perspective, which is based on the philosophical study usually called mereology; a non-formal perspective, which is based on the linguistic study about a relation called meronym. We discuss the relationship between these perspectives through the issue of transitivity, which is an important property of part-whole relations for information retrieval. We find that these perspectives, although distinguished, are somehow complementary. The results of our analysis suggest that the choice for either a formal or a non-formal perspective could be based on a pragmatic criterion in the scope of development of knowledge organization systems. We conclude by offering some considerations correlating two main sorts of these systems, namely ontologies and thesauri. |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relationsclassificação de documentos de arquivoanálise funcionalrecuperação de documentos e informaçõesvínculo arquivísticoWithin the realm of Information Science, information retrieval is a seminal issue. Knowledge organization systems are instruments that organize knowledge by connecting concepts through semantic relations for purposes of information retrieval. One of the most important of these semantic relations is the so-called part-whole relation. In this paper, we revisit some peculiarities of part-whole relations that are often overlooked by the Information Science community. In order to do this, we provide a theoretical investigation of two perspectives used to explain the notion of parts and wholes: a formal perspective, which is based on the philosophical study usually called mereology; a non-formal perspective, which is based on the linguistic study about a relation called meronym. We discuss the relationship between these perspectives through the issue of transitivity, which is an important property of part-whole relations for information retrieval. We find that these perspectives, although distinguished, are somehow complementary. The results of our analysis suggest that the choice for either a formal or a non-formal perspective could be based on a pragmatic criterion in the scope of development of knowledge organization systems. We conclude by offering some considerations correlating two main sorts of these systems, namely ontologies and thesauri.Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências2014-12-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/article/view/424710.36311/1981-1640.2014.v8n1e2.06.p102Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends; Vol. 8 No. 1/2 (2014)Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends; Vol. 8 Núm. 1/2 (2014)Brazilian Journal of Information Science: research trends; v. 8 n. 1/2 (2014)1981-1640reponame:Brazilian Journal of Information Scienceinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)instacron:UNESPenghttps://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/article/view/4247/3086Copyright (c) 2014 Mauricio Barcellos Almeida, Renata Abrantes Barachohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlmeida, Mauricio BarcellosBaracho, Renata Abrantes2021-04-06T13:18:21Zoai:ojs.www2.marilia.unesp.br:article/4247Revistahttps://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/indexPUBhttps://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/oaibrajis.marilia@unesp.br||1981-16401981-1640opendoar:2021-04-06T13:18:21Brazilian Journal of Information Science - Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)false |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations Almeida, Mauricio Barcellos classificação de documentos de arquivo análise funcional recuperação de documentos e informações vínculo arquivístico |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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A theoretical investigation about the notion of parts and wholes: mereological and meronymic relations |
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Almeida, Mauricio Barcellos |
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Almeida, Mauricio Barcellos Baracho, Renata Abrantes |
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Baracho, Renata Abrantes |
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Almeida, Mauricio Barcellos Baracho, Renata Abrantes |
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classificação de documentos de arquivo análise funcional recuperação de documentos e informações vínculo arquivístico |
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classificação de documentos de arquivo análise funcional recuperação de documentos e informações vínculo arquivístico |
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Within the realm of Information Science, information retrieval is a seminal issue. Knowledge organization systems are instruments that organize knowledge by connecting concepts through semantic relations for purposes of information retrieval. One of the most important of these semantic relations is the so-called part-whole relation. In this paper, we revisit some peculiarities of part-whole relations that are often overlooked by the Information Science community. In order to do this, we provide a theoretical investigation of two perspectives used to explain the notion of parts and wholes: a formal perspective, which is based on the philosophical study usually called mereology; a non-formal perspective, which is based on the linguistic study about a relation called meronym. We discuss the relationship between these perspectives through the issue of transitivity, which is an important property of part-whole relations for information retrieval. We find that these perspectives, although distinguished, are somehow complementary. The results of our analysis suggest that the choice for either a formal or a non-formal perspective could be based on a pragmatic criterion in the scope of development of knowledge organization systems. We conclude by offering some considerations correlating two main sorts of these systems, namely ontologies and thesauri. |
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Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends; Vol. 8 No. 1/2 (2014) Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends; Vol. 8 Núm. 1/2 (2014) Brazilian Journal of Information Science: research trends; v. 8 n. 1/2 (2014) 1981-1640 reponame:Brazilian Journal of Information Science instname:Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) instacron:UNESP |
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