information architecture is about
1. Organising content or objects
2. Describing them clearly 3. Providing ways for people to get to them.

The Problems Information Architecture
Addresses

Enter Information Architecture are
1. Information Overload
2. More Ways to Access Information

IA : An emerging discipline and community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape

IA : The art and science of shaping information products and experiences to support usability, findability, and understanding

IA : The synthesis of organization, labeling, search, and navigation systems within digital, physical, and crosschannel ecosystems

IA : The structural design of shared information
environments

Art & science is considerd as a component of IA

Business goals, funding, politics, culture, technology, resources and constraints

Document/data types, content objects, volume, existing structure

Audience, tasks, needs, information-seeking behaviour, experience

gathering good information and analysing it is the ..... step of an IA project

IN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DELIVERABLES
..... represents The overall structure (or
shape) of the site

IN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DELIVERABLES
.... represnts helpers like A-Z indexes
and site maps

IN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DELIVERABLES
.... represents How experienced you
are with IA work

Metadata IS an EXAMPLE OF

Groups and sub-groups are considered as one of navigation DELIVERABLES

Components of IA are