Análise da arquitetura da informação do website do Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

Presents the results of the research that has as general objective: To analyze, through the systemic processes of Information Architecture, the representation, organization, and structuring the information of the website of Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio da Universidade Federal do Ceará (HUWC). It presents the systemic approach of Rosenfeld and Morville (2006) and uses it with the HERA Accessibility evaluation tool to analyze the HUWC-UFC website. Using as methodology in the case study, the qualitative content analysis adopting the four AI systems to identify and apply the processes of organization, treatment and structuring of the information of the digital information environment web, employs the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) for the automatic and manual evaluation of accessibility of the website, in order to contribute to the methodologies of the AI and to a possible standardization in the construction of websites. The results show that the website partially serves the components of the Information Architecture, and that the website is outside the accessibility levels of WCAG 1.0. It is concluded, therefore, that there is a need for effective action by website developers to adjust it to the parameters of IA and WCAG 1.0, aiming at access and use of meaningful information.