While wondering what has happened with the long-awaited second edition of famous first IA book Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, I came across an interview with them on IA website Boxes and Arrows.
Here is their definition of Information Architecture.
- The combination of organization, labeling, and navigation schemes within an information system.
- The structural design of an information space to facilitate task completion and intuitive access to content.
- The art and science of structuring and classifying web sites and intranets to help people find and manage information.
- An emerging discipline and community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.
No, I am not unaware that the second edition was published earlier this year in the United States. It is just that I have not seen a copy in any of the local bookstores on any of my regular sorties since publication in August. In fact very, very few O'Reilly & Associates books turn up here at all. I wonder why? They do some fantastic books on essential subjects.
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