Content Analysis and Indexing

Code:

MCI0008

Acronym:

ACI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Information Science

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	0	Course Programme	1	-	6	60	162
MCI	30	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	1	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This unit aims:
- To deep the knowledge in what concerns content analysis and techniques of information representation (subject indexing)
- To give the students skils to manage indexing languages, specially the classifications
At the end, it is expected that the students can use categorial indexing languages (classifications) as well as to develop and use combinatory languages (thesauri and lists of indexing terms).

Program

The access to information: indexing (in general) and indexes (information access tools)
Subject indexing:
- Subject indexing phases
a) Recognition / Identification of concepts: the Portuguese Standard 3715
- Information analysis - methdology(ies)
- Informational content aprehension
- Identification and selection of concepts
b) Representation of concepts:
- Access point
- Notion of coordination
- Indexing languages
The indexing languages
a) Categorial languages: enumerative and faceted classifications
- Basic principles, structure and method of construction
- Brief analysis of a classification scheeme: the UDC
b) Combinatory or vocabular languages
- General philosophy; principles and rules - The Portuguese Standard 4036
- Support instruments - lists and thesauri
c) The topic maps and the ontologies

Mandatory literature

Amar, Muriel; Les fondements théoriques de l.indexation
BOOTH, Pat; Indexing : the manual of good practice, München : K. G. Saur, 2001. ISBN: 3-598.11536-9.
BROUGHTON, Vanda; Essential thesaurus construction, London : Facet Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 1-85604-565-X.
CAMPOS, Maria luísa de Almeida; Linguagem documentária : teorias que fundamentam sua elaboração, Niterói, RJ : EDUFF - Editira da Universidade Federal Fluminense, 2001. ISBN: 85-228-0319-6.
CHOWDHURY, G. G.; Introduction to modern information retrieval. 2nd ed., London : Facet Publishing , 2003. ISBN: 1-85604-480-7.
CLARK, Doris Hargrett; Authority control : principles, applications and instructions, Chicago : American Library Association, 1990. ISBN: 0-8389-0516-1.
Classificação Decimal Universal : edição média em língua portuguesa. .
FID; Classificação Decimal Universal : edição média em língua portuguesa. 2.ª ed., Brasília : Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, 1987.
GIL LEIVA, Isidoro; La Automatización de la indización de documentos, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 1999. ISBN: 84-95178-11-7.
GIL LEIVA, Isidoro; Manual de indización: teoría y práctica, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-9704-367-0
GIL URDICIAIN, Blanca; Manual de lenguajes documentales. 2.ª ed. revisada y ampliada, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2004. ISBN: 84-9704-138-0.
Hjorland, Birger; Information seeking and subject representation. ISBN: 0-313-29893-9
Hunter, Eric J.; Classification made simple. ISBN: 0-7546-0795-X
JIMENÉZ PELAYO, Jesús; GARCÍA BLANCO, Rosa; El Catálogo de autoridades : creación y gestión en unidades documentales, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-027-9.
LANCASTER, F. W.; Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. 3rd ed., London : Facet Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 1-85604-482-3.
MANIEZ, Jacques; Les Langages documentaires et classificatoires : conception, construction et utilisation dans les systèmes documentaires, Paris : Les Éditions d'Organisation, 1987. ISBN: 2-7081-0833-6.
MENDES, Maria Teresa Pinto; SIMÕES, Maria da Graça; Indexação por assuntos : princípios gerais e normas, Lisboa : Gabinete de EStudos a&b, 2002. ISBN: 972-98827-0-3.
MORENO FERNÁNDEZ, Luís Miguel; BORGOÑOS MARTÍNEZ, María Dolores; Teoría y práctica de la Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU). 2.ª ed. rev., corr. y ampl., Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-051-1.
PINTO, María; GÁLVEZ, Carmen; Análisis documental de contenido : procesamiento de información, Madrid : Editorial Síntesis, [1996]. ISBN: 84-7738-354-5.
PINTO MOLINA, María; GARCÍA MARCO, F. Javier; AGUSTIN LACRUZ, María del Carmen; Indización y resumen de documentos digitales y multimedia : técnicas y procedimientos, Gijón : Ediciones Trea, 2002. ISBN: 84-9704-023-6.
PORTUGAL. Instituto Português da Qualidade. Comissão Técnica 7; Norma Portuguesa 3715 : documentação : método para a análise de documentos, determinação do seu conteúdo e selecção de termos de indexação, Lisboa : I. P. Q., 1989.
PORTUGAL. Instituto Português da Qualidade. Comissão Técnica 7 ; Norma Portuguesa 4036 : documentação : tesauros monolingues : directivas para a sua construção e desenvolvimento, Lisboa : I. P. Q., 1993.
Ribeiro, Fernanda; Indexação e controlo de autoridade em arquivos. ISBN: 972-605-041-3
RUIZ PÉREZ, Rafael; El Análisis documental : bases terminológicas, conceptualización y estructura operativa : con una bibliografía indizada. Presentación José Ramón Pérez Álvarez-Ossorio, Granada : Universidad, 1992. ISBN: 84-338-1700-0.
SLYPE, Georges van; Los Lenguajes d'indización : concepción, construcción y utilización en los sistemas documentales. Trad. del francés Pedro Hípola, Félix de Moya, Salamanca : Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 1991. ISBN: 84-86168-60-0.
WALLER, Suzanne; L'Analyse documentaire : une approche méthodologique. En collab. avec Claudine Masse, Paris : ADBS Éditions, 1999. ISBN: 2-84365-030-5.

Complementary Bibliography

ALURI, Rao; KEMP, D. Alasdair; BOLL, John J.; Subject analysis in online catalogs, Englewood : Libraries Unlimited, 1991. ISBN: 0-87287-670-5.
CHAUMIER, Jacques; Analyse et langages documentaires : le traitement linguistique de l'information documentaire, Paris : Entreprise Moderne d'Édition, 1982.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; Guidelines for authority records and references. ISBN: 3-598-11504-0
LANCASTER, F. W.; Thesaurus construction and use : a condensed course, Paris : UNESCO, 1985.
McIlwaine, I. C.; Guide to the use of UDC. ISBN: 92-66-00-703-X
Theory of subject analysis : a sourcebook. Ed. by Lois Mai Chan, [et al.], Littleton : Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
UNISIST; Principes d'indexation, Paris : UNESCO, 1975.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive teaching, supported by projections, in order to supply the basic theoretical concepts; discussion among the class of the theoretical foundations of the subjects; practical assessments of content analysis and use of indexing languages.

keywords

Humanities > Information science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	60,00
Written assessment (individual)	Trabalho escrito	50,00		2013-07-13
Final examination	Exame	2,00		2013-07-13
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study preparation	Estudo autónomo	50	2013-07-13
	Total:	50,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Written work and its oral presentation - 60%
Final examination - 40%
The student must obtain, at least, 7.5 in the final examination.