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Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure.

Since the origin of the concept, information architecture has been viewed as an art and a science, rooted in library science but borrowing from multiple disciplines. Though there are recognized elements, some say it lacks a foundation of consistent internal theory. The central concept of information...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Association for Information Science & Technology Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 45 - 48
Main Author: Davis, Nathaniel
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun/Jul2013
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      ab: Since the origin of the concept, information architecture has been viewed as an art and a science, rooted in library science but borrowing from multiple disciplines. Though there are recognized elements, some say it lacks a foundation of consistent internal theory. The central concept of information architecture is structure. Though invisible and often taken for granted, effective structure is the quality that makes websites functional. It rests on navigation, information organization and information relationships and can extend to user experience and spatial representation. Information architecture reflects elements from a number of disciplines but, by aggregating them, is greater than the parts. Advancing information architecture from art to science depends on shared strategies and solutions for website structure.
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