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Information architecture without internal theory: An inductive design process

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  • Marsha Haverty

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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.

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  • Marsha Haverty, 2002. "Information architecture without internal theory: An inductive design process," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 53(10), pages 839-845.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:53:y:2002:i:10:p:839-845
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.10096
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    1. Burford, Sally & Resmini, Andrea, 2017. "Cross-channel information architecture for a world exposition," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 547-552.
    2. Mauricio B. Almeida & Eduardo R. Felipe & Renata Barcelos, 2020. "Toward a document‐centered ontological theory for information architecture in corporations," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 71(11), pages 1308-1326, November.

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