@techreport{TR-IC-10-16, number = {IC-10-16}, author = {Vania {Neris} and Elaine {Hayashi} and M. Cecília {Martins} and M. Cecília {Baranauskas}}, title = {{A Semiotic-informed Evaluation of Vila na Rede}}, month = {May}, year = {2010}, institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas}, note = {In English, 25 pages. \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract} The inclusive social network Vila na Rede has been constructed in the context of the e-Cidadania project, with the direct and effective involvement of the target users (Brazilian communities) since the beginning of the project. Now, for the evaluation of this social application, we have created and applied an evaluation artifact based on the Semiotic Ladder, from Organizational Semiotics. Starting from the description of the original artifact - the Semiotic Ladder - we then report the process of constructing this artifact, developed specifically for Vila na Rede. The overall positive results discussed here compose a favorable indication of the system's pertinence to the community it has been designed for, by and with(in). } }