Indexing languages in e-Health: applications for documents about eating disorders

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2011.391

Published 7 October 2011 Open Access


Javier Sanz-Valero Doctor en Salud Pública. Profesor del Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, España. Profesor del Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, España. , Rocío Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe Licenciada en Psicología. Doctoranda del Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia. Universidad de Alicante, España. , Luis David Castiel Doctor en Salud Pública. Investigador titular del Departamento de Epidemiología y Métodos Cuantitativos en Salud, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, Fundación Oswaldo Cruz, Brasil.



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Abstracting and Indexing as Topic, Vocabulary, Controlled, Information Storage and Retrieval

Abstract


The increased presence and widespread use of specialized databases, as well as the possibilities for distribution offered by new technologies, require a pertinent method for analyzing documents. Indexing languages emerge from the information growth generated by the scientific revolution as a quick, standardized way to process, store and retrieve document contents. This paper examines the characteristics and advantages of documentary languages in the digital age, describing examples of thesauri and their corresponding hierarchical relationships as applied to eating disorders.