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2024-12-12 Module 7 Applying the info architecture

2024-12-12 Module 7 Applying the info architecture

Owned by Kidd, Denise
Dec 12, 2024
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Information architecture can be applied to:

  • internet (customer facing)

  • intra net (internal)

  • knowledge repositories/KMS

  • content repositories/CMS

It influences the UX of systems that present content as well as search and findability by establishing metadata and info relationships.

IA and UX

  • drives categorization/navigation through taxonomy

  • search and findability by establishing metadata nad info relationships

  • Influences UX of systems that present content

Faceted search

  • puts search experience in the hands of users; driven by taxonomy and metadata related to the content

  • flexible framework user can use to satisfy a wide variety of info needs from simple lookup to complex exploratory search and discovery

  • search results grouped under useful headings, using tags previously applied

    • shopping query for books my be grouped according to type of book and price

  • facets is a technical term for filters ('guided search')