Lecture Thursday 21 April 2005

architecture and information architecture
architects intermediate between users and engineers
design


What are the crucial components of information architecture? Think about this from the IA professionals' and the clients' points of view.

What are the similarities, differences and/or relationships between IA and
- organization of information
- systems analysis and design
- interface design

Is IA a trend or a lasting profession? Be prepared to defend your position.


goals experience content (labeling & functional req'ts and structure

browing and searching-> navigation
organization
labeling

browsing aids

search aids



controlled vocabulary
label tuning
techniques to uncover latent structure
evaluation techniques