1. Related areas
1.1. Database systems
1.1.1. Implementation of IM
1.2. Information retrieval
1.2.1. Application of IM
2. Why
2.1. For internal management
2.1.1. filing
2.1.2. storage
2.2. For external services
2.2.1. retrieval
2.2.2. publishing
2.3. For community development
2.3.1. exvhange
2.3.2. sharing
3. What
3.1. Organize information into structure
3.2. Present information items
4. How
4.1. Cataloguing
4.1.1. include classification
4.1.2. Create matadata for items
4.1.2.1. metadata standard
4.1.2.1.1. MARC
4.1.2.1.2. Dublin Core
4.1.2.1.3. CDWA, VRA Core Categories
4.1.2.2. types of metadata
4.1.2.2.1. Administrative
4.1.2.2.2. Descriptive
4.1.2.2.3. Technical
4.1.2.2.4. Use
4.1.2.2.5. Preservation
4.1.2.3. Procedures for designing a metadata scheme
4.1.2.3.1. 1. Review and analyse relevant practices
4.1.2.3.2. 2. Apply design principles
4.1.2.3.3. 3. Design process
4.1.3. Why
4.1.3.1. describe information items
4.1.3.2. support field search
4.1.3.3. flexible organization/classification of information items using different criteria
4.1.3.4. support information interoperability
4.1.3.5. help content management
4.1.3.6. better utilization and preservation
4.2. Classification
4.2.1. Group items into categories