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confusion because hypertext links reflect highly personal associations.
As user navigate through highly hyper textual websites it is easy for them
to get lost.
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that one person sees between content items may not be relationship
apparent to others.
SUMMARY
1. The combination of
information system is calledorganizing,
Information
labeling and navigation schemes within the
Architecture andA person who creates the
structure or map of information which allows
and who organizes the patterns others in find their personal paths to
to
knowledge
clear is called inherent data, making the complex
Information Architect.
2 The information architect must
development team. This is challenging, sincecommunicate effectively.with the web site
and intangible. Besides information architecture is highly abstract
as blueprint communicating the architecture verbally, documents (such
of the team diagrams) of
must be created in ways that can be understood by the rest
regardless their own disciplinary
3.
Organization structure plays an
backgrounds.
of web sites. The intangible yet very
of information defines the important role in trhe design
structure
can navigate. We organize primary
their questic ns. information so that people can ways in which users
find the right ans#ers to
4. The information architect mustcommunicate effectively with the web site
development team. This is challenging, since
information architecture is
the architecture verbally, highly abstract
and intangible. Besides
communicating
as blueprint diagrams) must be documents (such
of the team created in ways that can be understood by the rest
regardless of their own disciplinary backgrounds.
5.
Organization systems are composed of
structures. An organization scheme definesorganization schemes and
the shared characteristicsorganization
of content
items and influences the iogical grouping of those
items. An
defines the types cf relationships between content items organization structure
and groups.
6. Exact organization schemes divide information into well
exclusive sections. User can search the information only if he defined and mutualiy
looking for and he knows the label so that he can identify the knows what he is
group /section in
which tne item is. This is calied "known-item" searching. No ambiguity is involved.
7. A nbiguous organization schemes divide information into
categories that resist
exact definition. They are mired in the ambiguity of language and
organization, not
to men ion human subjectivity. Sometime we don't always know what were looking
for. In some cases, you simply don't know the correct label.