TYPOLOGIES OF FASHION INFORMATION: foundations for metadata in an emerging domain
BASES PARA METADADOS EM UM DOMÍNIO EMERGENTE
Keywords:
fashion information, metadata, information management, knowledge organization, sustainabilityAbstract
Contemporary fashion constitutes a complex informational ecosystem shaped by demands for sustainability, traceability, transparency, and digitalization. In this context, this article presents a theoretical and conceptual section of an ongoing doctoral research project and aims to discuss the dimensions of fashion information from the perspective of Information Science, reflecting on the strategic importance of metadata for its organization and management. The study adopts a qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach, developed through a literature review and documentary analysis of metadata schemas applied to related cultural and informational domains. As a result, eight preliminary typologies of fashion information are proposed: technical and productive, sustainability, aesthetic and trend-related, symbolic and cultural, market and consumer-related, emotional and experiential, collaborative, and digital and algorithmic information. The analysis shows that existing metadata schemas have limitations in representing the multidimensionality of this domain, especially in light of sustainability and informational interoperability requirements. It concludes that metadata constitute a strategic infrastructure for organizing, integrating, retrieving, and making fashion information usable, providing a conceptual basis for future stages of the doctoral research.