M4law and its structure: domain modeling possibilities from a SOC perspective

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 the organization of information and knowledge, but they also generate a massive volume of information that complicate 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 constructs from the point of view of a knowledge organization system (SOC), more specifically relating it to ontologies. Methodology: Brief literature review contextualizing the area of knowledge organization, SOC and ontologies. The analysis of M4law started from its most basic elements: the objects, passing through its hierarchical structure through the creation of a representation model, as well as the verification of its properties and potential relationships between elements. Results: From the analysis, it was verified that the system makes use of structure and language that refer to ontologies, and a comparison was created between the main ontological constructs and the types of objects of M4law. Conclusion: Finally, it was considered that although there is no ontology explicitly in the software environment, it operates based on ontological principles and can be identified as a SOC.