1. Information Architecture (IA) Week 4 Zhu Ruilin (Kevin)

2. 1. Basic forms of Information Architecture 2. Information Architecture components

3. Two basic forms of information architecture Top-down form e.g.. UNSW home page Bottom-up form e.g.. Google

4. Information Architecture Components 1. Organization systems 2. Navigation systems 3. Search systems 4. Labeling systems http://www.unsw.edu.au/

5. Questions 1. how to distinguish organization systems from labeling systems? 2. which form of information architecture is suitable to use in different web sites? 3. why you can get information what you are looking for in searching systems mostly?