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Complete Beginner's Guide To Information Architecture - Ux Booth | Ux Booth
Information architecture structures communication
Information architecture encompasses a wide range of problems. But regardless of the specific context or objectives of a given information architecture project, our concern is always with creating structures to facilitate effective communication. This notion is the core of our…
Kmworld 2009 Conference Program
Site, page and metadata architecture
The objective of information architecture (IA) is to design how information is created, structured and labeled to ensure a user experience that facilitates users in achieving their goals by finding information or completing a task in the most efficient manner. It describes how…
Responsive Design Begins With The Url | Smashing Magazine
Responsive design begins with the information architecture
The core principle in creating a potentially enormous website that will last forever is to get the information architecture right in the first place. This involves knowing your data objects and how they fit together. It should also determine the URL structure, which for…
The Difference Between Information Architecture (ia) And Navigation
What Is Website Information Architecture
What Is Website Information Architecture? A website’s (or intranet’s) information architecture has two main components: - identification and definition of site content/functionality - the underlying organization, structure and nomenclature that define the relationships between…
The Functional Art: An Introduction To Information Graphics And Visualization
Visualization as a form of information architecture
For my purposes in this book, information graphics and visualization is a form of information architecture. But how can we be more precise in describing the relationship between the branch and the trunk? [...] Among the most relevant disciplines is information design, defined…
Wurman and the information explosion
In the 1970s, years before access to the Internet was universal, Richard Saul Wurman, then a professor of architecture in North Carolina, predicted that the oncoming information explosion would require the intervention of a new breed of professionals trained in organizing data…
Top 10 Information Architecture (ia) Mistakes (jakob Nielsen On May 11, 2009)
Structure and navigation: the invisible vs visible section of a website
Structure and navigation must support each other and integrate with search and across sub-sites. Complexity, inconsistency, hidden options, and clumsy UI mechanics prevent users from finding what they need. Bad information architecture causes the majority of outright user…