LESSON 6 & 7 Flashcards
is the information backbone of the site
Information Architecture IA
refers to those elements in the UI that allow users to reach specific information on the site.
Navigation
Key Elements Of Information Architecture Include:
Organization System
Navigation System
Labeling System
Search System
How content is grouped and categorized (e.g., by topic, task, or audience).
Organization Systems
How users browse or move through the content (e.g., menus, search bars, links).
Navigation Systems
How content is named and represented to users.
Labeling System
How users find content via search functions.
Search Systems
The Activities Undertaken in defining an Information Architecture involve:
Content Inventory
Content Audit
Information Grouping
Taxonomy Development
Descriptive Information Creation
Examination of a website to locate and identify existing site content
Content inventory
Evaluation of content usefulness, accuracy, tone of voice, and overall effectiveness
Content audit
Definition of user-centered relationships between content
Information Grouping
Definition of a standardized naming convention (controlled vocabulary) to apply to all site content. how information is grouped, classified and labeled within a shared information environment.
Taxonomy development
Definition of useful metadata that can be utilized to generate “Related Link” lists or other navigation components that aid discovery
Descriptive information creation
is a collection of user interface components.
Website’s Navigation
Navigation Components
Utility Navigation
Global Navigation
Breadcrumb Trail
Local Navigation
Related Links
Fat Footer