Where is a good starting point for planning Information Architecture for a website? [closed]

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I am planning a project to develop and enhance an information architecture for a website.

This will include navigation structures, content classification, metadata etc.

Hoping you can help.

What do you think goes into an "Information Architecture"? Could you suggest an audience and a purpose and some kinds of content that go into this thing? — S.Lott, Mar 3, 2011 at 18:50
not much of an update, is it? Please be more specific about what problem you think this "architecture" will solve. Who uses it? What do they do with it? Words like "navigation structures, content classification, metadata" can mean almost anything. It helps if you provide a use case for this "architecture" thing. — S.Lott, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:33
Did you see my first point about looking for a place to start? The audience is not relevant to finding out ways of going about designing this type of architecture - that's part of the process. — Charlie, Mar 3, 2011 at 21:53

Nikita Barsukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-03 19:14:10Z

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I would suggest reading:

A List Apart, especially articles in content tag: http://www.alistapart.com/topics/content/
Jacob Nielsen't alertbox: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

answered Mar 3, 2011 at 19:14

Nikita Barsukov

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and start with the goals of the website, not the technology!
– Steven A. Lowe
Mar 3, 2011 at 21:19

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