Authors: P. Zhezhnych, М. Hirnyak, О. Pastukh The article presents a formal description of the encyclopedic entry structure and provides a basic model of the encyclopedic article (entry). It is carried out its analysis and proposed the optimal approach and requirements. electronic encyclopediaencyclopedic contentinformation modelencyclopedic entryhttps://science.lpnu.ua/sites/default/files/journal-paper/2017/may/2393/perekladzhezhnichgirnyak.pdf