THE CONCEPTION AND USE OF LANGUAGES OF INDEXING IN RELATION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SEMIOTICS AND SEMIOLOGY

Abstract

Confronted by the growing process of information production, the systems of information are faced with the challenge of creating instruments for the organisation and recuperation of information suitable for the differentiated informational needs of their users. The objective of this text is to identify, characterise and give theoretical precision to those premises utilised in the construction of languages of indexing, together with the theories of language study treated by semiotics and semiology. The process of use of the languages of indexing was also analysed, by the indexers. Finally, the text seeks to characterise the potentiality of the studies of semiotics and semiology for the construction and use of indexing languages.