The ontology in information science

Abstract

This paper analyzes the use of the term ontology based on the frequency it is used on articles of indexed journals at LISA database. The objective was to identify the increasing of publications in several languages, since the first time the term was used, in 1977, until March 2006. It also tries to identify the relation of ontology with other majors and the researchers that most contributed with this academic area. The founded data suggest that it must be developed a qualitative study, like abstracts or full texts contents’ analysis to establish a deeper scope analysis where Ontology is inserted today at Information Science area.