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Creating abstract information architecture

Creating abstract information architecture

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Creating abstract information architecture

Before we roll our sleeves up and design our site's menus and other components, we need the abstract information architecture. To make this abstract information architecture, we take all of our observations, along with a cluster analysis information and create our best impression of the ideal structure for that information, regardless of how it will be used. Items that participants grouped most clearly will form the basic lower level structure. For instance, one grouping consisted of minimal impact flower borders, native landscaping, yard plants, and plants that would require no extra water. We'll form several search groupings. Then, the lower level groupings that have the most in common, in participants minds, form the categories above this lower level structure. Names that participants gave to the groupings might suggest category headings. You probably won't choose to use the exact names that participants wrote down, but their terminology and the thinking behind their choices will…

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