Information+Architecture+(IA)

Information Architecture (IA)
Information Architecture is the study of the organization and structure of effective web systems. In particular, the relationships between internal page elements, as well as the relationship between individual pages.

The phrase "Information Architecture" can be said to be coined by Richard Saul Wurman in the 1960s through architecture means (Wyllys 2000). However, presently the definition has been enhanced by the Information Architecture Institute as:
 * 1) The structural design of shared information environments.
 * 2) The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability.
 * 3) An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape. (Wikipedia 2007)

Simply put, one can define Information Architecture as the set of ideas that organizes information. IA is often used in such things as web systems, user interactions, programming and database development. It is vital to our communities, providing us with more efficienct, useful, usable and desirable systems and products (Semantic Studios 2007). References: [|http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/readings/InfoArchitecture.html] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_architecture http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000010.php http://www.uie.com/articles/