Zhao Shenghui
Ethno-informatics is the domain aims to study basic rule of information activities and phenomenon in ethnic minority residence regions of China in digital age,the research paradigm is significant to its development.From the difference of conflicts among interaction of human,information,technology and circumstance,ethno-informatics can be expressed by information communication paradigm,information processing paradigm,information management paradigm,information understanding paradigm and information fusion paradigm.Currently,the research of ethno-informatics situated at the transforming stage of information processing paradigm to information management paradigm.In future,the issues such as basic research,unified management of electronic document and archive,the infrastructure of integrated sharing for information resource in minority languages,the process of multimedia information in minority languages,the management standards for multiple languages information services in ethnic minority residence regions should be emphasised.