Systems Information Architecture

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What is systems information architecture?

Systems Information Architecture

Systems information architecture, according to the Information Architecture Institute, is:

  • The structural design of shared information environments.
  • The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, online communities and software to support usability and findability.
  • An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.
Similar to systems engineering, this process involves a systematic, step-by-step approach to looking at the system from as much of a "big picture" view as possible. Information architecture is an excellent component to introduce into systems, because it brings an element of order and structure to a place where there might not otherwise be any.

Systems information architecture is carried out by computer scientists and engineers, and can be applied to systems that exist in both the digital world and in the real world.

   

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