M4law and its structure: domain modeling possibilities from the perspective of a KOS

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

In institutions, the interaction between information and technology is strategic, decisive and often competitive, making it essential to find solutions to improve this management. Digital technologies and the internet offer resources to improve information and knowledge organization, but they also generate a massive volume of information that complicates these processes. The analysis and evaluation of systems aimed at structuring and retrieving information represent a valuable contribution to the field in a practical and theoretical way.

Objective:

This article aims to describe the macrostructure of the M4law software, analyzing its elements from the point of view of a knowledge organization system (SOC), specifically relating it to ontologies and their constructs. Methodology: To this end, a brief literature review contextualized knowledge organization, SOC, and ontologies. The M4law analysis started from its most basic elements: objects, going through its hierarchical structure, creating a representation model, and verifying its properties and potential relationships between elements.

Results:

The analysis found that the system uses structure and language that refer to ontologies, and a comparison was created between the main ontological constructs and the types of objects in M4law.

Conclusion:

Finally, it was considered that although there is no explicit ontology in the software environment, it operates based on ontological principles and can be identified as a SOC

KEYWORDS
Knowledge organization; Knowledge organization systems; Ontologies; M4law