10-Step Information Architecture on Wanfang Med Online

The paper first reviews the different definitions and the basic fundamentals of information architecture, then summarizes the creative-application experiences of IA in the field of Chinese medical-information service based on the practice of Wanfang Med Online and gives out the ten steps of the IA process, which include research on users, content analysis, context analysis, metadata framework construction, classification, thesaurus, IA strategy, Project Management (PM), blueprint, and user interface.