Information architecture in the web environment

Authors

  • Mario Pérez-Montoro El profesional de la información

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2010.jul.01

Keywords:

Information architecture, Organization systems, Labeling systems, Navigation systems, Search systems, Controlled vocabularies, Methodology.

Abstract

Information architecture (IA), which is based on the classical principles of solid traditional Information Science, was born in the late "˜90. This discipline deals with structuring, organizing and tagging elements of informational environments to facilitate searching and retrieval of information they contain, thereby improving the usefulness and applications of IA. Main systems or structures that build a website´s architectonic anatomy are the organization systems, labeling systems, navigation systems, search systems and controlled vocabularies. Nowadays, the information architecture praxis and design is centered on user needs.

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Published

2010-07-19

How to Cite

Pérez-Montoro, M. (2010). Information architecture in the web environment. Profesional De La información, 19(4), 333–338. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2010.jul.01