Information Architecture

Coverage

Structure information so users and agents can find, understand, and move through it. Covers navigation, sitemaps, hierarchy, page grouping, labeling systems, docs structure, cross-links, wayfinding cues, content models, and IA validation through real user tasks.

Philosophy

Information architecture is not decoration. It is the contract between a user's goal and the system's structure. If the IA is wrong, good content and good components still feel confusing because the path to them is unclear.

Good IA starts from tasks, then chooses structure. Do not promote every important thing to top-level navigation. Do not bury frequently used workflows under technically accurate but user-invisible categories.

Method