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# System prepended metadata

title: Information Architeture
tags: ['#ia', ' #ux_process']

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tags: "#ia, #ux_process"
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# Information Architeture
 
The [[Site Map]] display the general map of product that user can view. IA like a blueprint for team/user. It shows the entire of detailed product structure. We do it after we have a sitemap. [[Content Inventory]] is a good to have, in case we want to track to conversation rate.

The goals is to help users find information and completes tasks. We need to now how items relate to each other within the system.

IA is a sweet pot, remember that 3 elements merging:
- Context
- User
- Content

Example: [See how IA looks like video](https://youtu.be/L9JPY2hpyfA)

### Organization schemes

**Exact Organization:** Something like LATCH method, people know exactly what to find.

**Ambiguous Organization:** Don’t have to know what people looking for, something like zettelkastent organization, google search.

### IA Structures

![](https://www.excise.go.th/_ocsh/help/topics/help_urm_setup_urm_setup_html_help_rmdsg/help/cs_admin/cs_sysadmin_html_help/img/se_accounts_hierarchy.gif?locale=en)

**Hierarchical Structures:** Parent/child relationship information
Example: Landing Page, Product Page

![](https://intellipaat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/control-structures.png)

**Sequential Structures:** Step-by-step navigation 
Example: Purchase step

![](https://www.pmi.org/kasimage/63f6ed39-59f0-4bbe-b2c4-b810ce28353e/p3-02.jpg)

**Matrix Structures:** Allow people choose based on what they want and give a result to them.
Example: Online Store Product, Ecommmerce pages. Rockman 1 Password table.

![](https://managementmania.com/uploads/article_image/image/482/.PNG)

**Hierachical Structures + Matric Structure:** This structure used to organaziation. Select to generate the project team.


### Labeling Systems
The goal of labeling is to communicate information efficiently. To maximise usability, use label that provide users a good “info scent”

Best labels are familiar to user already. Best labels are user-oriented. Bc user use a lot of web/app, they get used to information than our product-oriented.


### Navigation Systems

The most important ideas design navigation that designer forget: 
- Let user have control over their navigation
- Suggestions: provide help or let them know to option, or what do next (Important!)

### Search Systems

We allow them to search, search design is relate to product’s data to provide for User.

![](https://i.imgur.com/NiNTE9u.png)

**Consider enhancing search with the following techniques**
1. Autocomplete - you complete the user sentence with possible outcomes
2. Auto-suggest - you provide the user options BEFORE they start typing
3. Recent search - you show users shortcuts with their latest searches