Julia C. Valdez

Las categorías o facetas fundamentales: una metodología para el diseño de taxonomías corporativas de sitios Web argentinos

Faceted analysis has been reassessed in last years for designing corporative taxonomies. In order to confirm its usefulness, we analyzed the Web sites of different Argentine organizations: three wineries, three food industries, six football clubs, five professional associations, three university schools, and five government agencies. From the 16 fundamental categories or facets proposed by the Classification Research Group, wineries coincide in 13 (81%), food industries in 11 (68%), football clubs in 7 (43%), professional associations in 5 (31%), university schools in 8 (50%), and government agencies in 9 (56%). These differences are due to the fact that not all the categories are necessary for all organizations. We conclude that the method of faceted analysis is useful for designing corporative taxonomies and for optimizing Web sites, in accordance to particular characteristics of each organization.