The practice of organizing, structuring, and labeling the content of a website or app so people can find what they need and understand where they are. It is the underlying skeleton of how information is arranged.
Synonyms
- ia
- content structure
Related terms
In plain words
- how the content is organized
- the map of what goes where
- the structure behind the menus
Usage example
Before designing any screens, the team fixed the information architecture so users could actually find the settings page.
Don't confuse with…
- navigationNavigation is the visible menus and links; information architecture is the underlying organization those menus expose.
Categories
- Information architecture