Information architecture without internal theory: An inductive design process

Marsha Haverty

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002, vol. 53, issue 10, 839-845

Abstract: This article suggests that Information Architecture (IA) design is primarily an inductive process. Although top‐level goals, user attributes and available content are periodically considered, the process involves bottom‐up design activities. IA is inductive partly because it lacks internal theory, and partly because it is an activity that supports emergent phenomena (user experiences) from basic design components. The nature of IA design is well described by Constructive Induction (CI), a design process that involves locating the best representational framework for the design problem, identifying a solution within that framework and translating it back to the design problem at hand. The future of IA, if it remains inductive or develops a body of theory (or both), is considered.

Date: 2002
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