Understanding Information Architecture

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It was a delight to give a presentation with my friend and fellow IAI Board member Shari Thurow in Washington D.C. today at the User Experience Professionals Association conference.

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Understanding Information ArchitectureBy Dan Klyn and Shari Thurow

2013 UXPA Conference

Washington D.C. July 12, 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Places Made of Information

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Places Full of Complexity and Contradiction

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“information architecture is the only field I’m aware of that is concerned with the structural integrity of meaning across contexts.

Anyone who questions the relevance of IA by diminishing it to “just” website navigation in 2013 is talking about their understanding of the state of the profession 15 years ago”

-- Jorge Arangopast President of The Information Architecture Institute

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A Model for Understanding Information Architecture

Arrangement of the parts.

OntologyParticular meaning.

Rules for interaction among the parts.

Choreography

Taxonomy

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Image pilfered from @inkblurt’s tweetstream

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

What Is The Meaning of App Store?

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… How About Here?

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What Is The Meaning of iTunes?

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UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

taxonomy

Arrangement of the parts

ontology

Particular meaning

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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

A Model for Understanding Information Architecture

Arrangement of the parts.

OntologyParticular meaning.

Rules for interaction among the parts.

Choreography

Taxonomy

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Choreography = Rules For How The Parts May Interact

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Choreography: Appropriate Unfolding?

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Choreography: Appropriate Unfolding?

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

Ontology

Arrangement of the parts

Particular meaning

Rules for

interaction

among the

parts.

Choreography

A Model for Understanding Information Architecture

Arrangement of the parts.

OntologyParticular meaning.

Rules for interaction among the parts.

Choreography

Taxonomy

UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013

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