Research information system

Use of VIVO ontology in the context of Brazilian institutions

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https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2019.v13n4.08.p132

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VIVO, Research information systems, research community network, ontology

Abstract

This paper analyzes the characteristics of VIVO-ISF ontology concerning its use in the domain of Brazilian institutions, aiming at the use of VIVO as institutional research information system in Brazil. The paper identified the objectives, scope and modelling characteristics of the ontology, taking into consideration characteristics in ontologies that benefit the development of web applications.  It also analyzed VIVO-ISF ontology in the context of its use to describe a Brazilian institution, represented by the Faculty of Library Sciences and Communication (Fabico), part of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Resources, bodies, activities and administrative positions of Fabico/UFRGS were identified as they were defined by legal documents, such as statutes and bylaws, and they were described according to VIVO-ISF ontology. The study concluded that VIVO-ISF has a well-defined conceptual framework that utilizes high level BFO ontology, which provides facilities to represent the universe of the academic domain and to perform extensions that incorporate local institutional features. The ontology also provides interoperability between different applications, since it reuses generic BFO classes and it selects classes of popular domain ontologies, such as Foaf, Event, BiBO. The ontology is also capable of representing a Brazilian academic institution, providing a well-defined semantic framework for web data integration that streamlines the process of interdisciplinary and interinstitutional collaboration for the formation of research networks, including Brazilian institutions.

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Author Biographies

  • Sandra Beatriz Rathke, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul - Campus Veranópolis

    Bibliotecária do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul - Campus Veranópolis. Especialista em Memória e Acervos pela Faculdade Internacional Signorelli (FISIG).Bacharela em Biblioteconomia pela Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação (Fabico) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Técnica em Biblioteconomia pelo Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS). Tenho especial interesse em Memória, Identidade e Sociedade, Cultura e Patrimônio, Gestão e Produção Cultural e Artística, Gestão de Projetos de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão, Informação Digital, Ontologia e Web Semântica, Dados Abertos e Ciência Aberta.

  • Rafael Port da Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Possui graduação em Ciencias de Computação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1988), mestrado em Computação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1992) e doutorado em Computação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000). Atualmente é professor associado do Departamento de Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, atuando nos cursos de graduação em arquivologia, biblioteconomia e museologia e no programa de pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação. Tem experiência nas áreas de Ciência da Informação e Ciência da Computação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: metadados, ontologias, preservação digital, gestão de dados da pesquisa. É fundador e atualmente coordena o Centro de Documentação e Acervo Digital da Pesquisa (CEDAP), órgão auxiliar da FABICO/UFRGS que busca dar suporte para pesquisas realizadas na Universidade, visando à gestão, preservação e uso científico e cultural de seus ativos digitais de pesquisa.

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2019-12-17

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“Research Information System: Use of VIVO Ontology in the Context of Brazilian Institutions”. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends, vol. 13, no. 4, Dec. 2019, pp. 132-51, https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2019.v13n4.08.p132.