标题：Classificação de objetos de fronteira na organização do conhecimento e o papel das ontologias | Classification of frontier objects in the knowledge organization and the role of ontologies
其他标题：Classification of frontier objects in the knowledge organization and
the role of ontologies
出版社：Laboratório Interdisciplinar em Inofrmação e Conhecimento (LIINC)
其他摘要：Boundary objects have been approached
in the area of Information Science as
objects (concrete or abstract) used as
bridges of contact between communities
or groups, facilitating their
communication and understanding.
Several types of boundary objects are
exemplified in the literature, each playing
a specific role within the more general
role of articulating understanding and
knowledge exchange among
communities that share some common
goal. However, this differentiation of
roles is not always clear, making it
difficult to understand the purpose and
utility of such instruments according to
their characteristics and the problem they
are intended to solve. Especially when the
same boundary object can assume more
than a role according to its use, as is the
case of ontologies. The objective of this
work is to investigate different types of
frontier objects, based on a literature
review, and to propose a categorization
based on its characteristics and purposes.
From this categorization, it is proposed to
situate the different roles that ontologies
can assume as border objects, discussing
their use as such. As a result, we present
a conceptual map of boundary object
types and an exemplification of the role
of ontologies according to their use in
this context.
