Information Architecture
What is Information Architecture?
Information architecture is the structuring and presentation of content, tagging along with the users’ needs and context (what, why, how, where) of consuming the content. This is very much significant in enhancing user experience and there are systems that simplify complexities into understandable content. They constitute as follows:-
- Organisation systems are used for categorising and structuring information. Content can be structured hierarchically, sequentially, alphabetically, chronologically or matrix-style.
- Labelling systems create labels with headings or subheadings so that users can easily connect and become familiar with them. For example, find FAQs inside a website, in a corner that will answer all the queries.
- Navigation systems help users navigate a site and access the information they want. Global navigation menus, breadcrumb navigation trails, pagination, and search functionalities come under the navigation systems.
- Search systems enable users to find the content they need easily. Search tools like search menus and filtering help users find content. The system also considers how the content is arranged (date, title, etc.).
- Content audits and inventory are useful in cataloging content in a system, which can help understand the available content and identify gaps in it.