New version of Web Information Architecture Design Large Website has been fully updated to address new technologies—with fresh examples, new scenarios, and best practice information—but the focus remains on the fundamentals. It has a rigorous structure, pictures and texts, and covers all aspects of the basic principles and practical applications of information architecture.
Web Information Architecture Design of Large Websites has both high theoretical and practical value. It has been recommended by many books in the field of Web design "Web Information Architecture Design of Large Websites". It is a recognized classic book in the field of information architecture and can be used by both novices and experts. Each takes what he needs.
Web Information Architecture Designing Large Websites (3rd Edition) covers a wide range of topics:
1. Introduction to information architecture (for beginners and experts with practical experience).
2. Basic components of information architecture. Explain the interconnections between these systems, and update content on tagging, Folksonomy, folk classification, and guide navigation.
3. Tools, techniques and methods. Taking you from research to strategy, from design to implementation. This book discusses blueprints, skeleton diagrams, and the role of diagrams in the design phase.
4. A series of short essays. Provides practical skills and philosophical suggestions for reference by workers engaged in information architecture.
5. Practice and promote information architecture in business environments, including recent courses on how to deal with enterprise architecture.
6. Case studies. Two large and disparate examples of information architecture evolution illustrate best practices.
This extremely popular book emphasizes goals and means rather than tactics or techniques. It not only provides information architecture knowledge, but also gives a professional framework that allows you to learn new methods and forget old practices.
Web Information Architecture Designing Large Websites (3rd Edition) Contents:
Part 1: Introduction to Information Architecture
Chapter 1: The Meaning of Information Architecture
Chapter 2: Practical Information Architecture
Chapter 3: User needs and behavior
Part 2: Basic Principles of Information Architecture
Chapter 4: Detailed explanation of information architecture
Chapter 5: Organizational System
Chapter 6: Tag System
Chapter 7: Navigation System
Chapter 8: Search System
Chapter 9: Thesaurus, Controlled Vocabulary, and Metadata
Part 3: Process and Methodology
Chapter 10: Research
Chapter 11: Strategy
Chapter 12: Design and Documentation
Part 4: Information Architecture in Practice
Chapter 13: Education
Chapter 14: Ethics
Chapter 15: Establishing the Information Architecture Team
Chapter 16: Tools and Software
Part 5: Information Architecture and Organization
Chapter 17: Information Architecture Business Opportunities
Chapter 18: Business Strategy
Chapter 19: Enterprise Information Architecture
Part 6: Case Study
Chapter 20: MSWeb: Enterprise Network
Chapter 21: evolt.org: Online Community
Appendix A: Important Resources