Information architecture : for the web and beyond

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Preface -- I. Introducing Information Architecture -- 1. The problems that information architecture addresses -- Hello, iTunes -- The problems information architecture addresses -- Enter information architecture -- Recap -- -- 2. Defining Information Architecture -- Definitions -- Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there -- Toward a damned good information architecture -- Recap -- 3. Design for Finding -- The “Too-Simple” information model -- Information needs -- Information-seeking behaviors -- Learning about information needs and information-seeking behaviors -- Recap -- 4. Design for understanding -- A sense of place -- The architecture of (real-world) places -- Places made of information -- Organizing principles -- Structure and order -- Typologies -- Modularity and extensibility -- The happiest place(s) on Earth -- Recap -- II. Basic principles of information architecture -- 5. The Anatomy of an Information Architecture -- Visualizing information architecture -- Top-down information architecture -- Bottom-up information architecture -- Invisible information architecture -- Information architecture components -- Recap -- 6. Organization systems -- Challenges of organizing information -- Organizing information environments -- Organization schemes -- Organization structures -- Social classification -- Creating cohesive organization systems -- Recap -- 7. Labeling systems -- Why you should care about labeling -- Varieties of labels -- Labels as headings -- Designing labels -- Recap -- 8. Navigation systems -- Types of navigation systems -- Gray matters -- Browser navigation features -- Placemaking -- Improving flexibility -- Embedded navigation systems -- Supplemental navigation systems -- Advanced navigation approaches -- Recap -- 9. Search systems -- Does your product need search? -- Search system anatomy -- Choosing what to index -- Search algorithms -- Query builders -- Presenting results -- Designing the search interface -- Where to learn more -- Recap -- 10. Thesauri, Controlled Vocabularies, and Metadata -- Metadata -- Controlled vocabularies -- Technical lingo -- A thesaurus in action -- Types of thesauri -- Thesaurus standards -- Semantic relationships -- Preferred terms -- Polyhierarchy -- Faceted classification -- Recap -- III. Getting information architecture done -- 11. Research -- A research framework -- Context -- Content -- Users -- Participant definition and recruiting -- User research sessions -- In defense of research -- Recap -- 12. Strategy -- What is an information architecture strategy? -- Strategies under attack -- From research to strategy -- Developing the strategy -- Work products and deliverables -- The strategy report -- The project plan -- Presentations -- Recap -- 13. Design and documentation -- Guidelines for diagramming an information architecture -- Communicating visually -- Sitemaps -- Wireframes -- Content mapping and inventory -- Content models -- Controlled vocabularies -- Design collaboration -- Putting it all together: information architecture style guides -- Recap -- Coda -- A. References -- Index