<s>
Information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
IA	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
structural	O
design	O
of	O
shared	O
information	O
environments	O
;	O
the	O
art	O
and	O
science	O
of	O
organizing	O
and	O
labelling	O
websites	O
,	O
intranets	B-General_Concept
,	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
and	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
usability	B-General_Concept
and	O
findability	O
;	O
and	O
an	O
emerging	O
community	O
of	O
practice	O
focused	O
on	O
bringing	O
principles	O
of	O
design	O
,	O
architecture	O
and	O
information	O
science	O
to	O
the	O
digital	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
management	O
lies	O
between	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
knowledge	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
handling	O
individual	O
pieces	O
of	O
data	O
for	O
example	O
by	O
using	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
distinct	O
from	O
process	O
management	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
often	O
valuable	O
interactions	O
between	O
information	O
and	O
process	O
and	O
practitioners	O
have	O
developed	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
information/process	O
matrices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
has	O
somewhat	O
different	O
meanings	O
in	O
different	O
branches	O
of	O
information	O
systems	O
or	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
art	O
and	O
science	O
of	O
organizing	O
and	O
labeling	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
intranets	B-General_Concept
,	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
software	O
to	O
support	O
findability	O
and	O
usability	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
organization	O
,	O
labeling	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
navigation	O
systems	O
within	O
websites	O
and	O
intranets	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
subset	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
where	O
usable	B-General_Concept
data	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
practice	O
of	O
organizing	O
the	O
information	O
/	O
content	O
/	O
functionality	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
site	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
presents	O
the	O
best	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
it	O
can	O
,	O
with	O
information	O
and	O
services	O
being	O
easily	O
usable	B-General_Concept
and	O
findable	O
(	O
as	O
applied	O
to	O
web	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
difficulty	O
in	O
establishing	O
a	O
common	O
definition	O
for	O
"	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
"	O
arises	O
partly	O
from	O
the	O
term	O
's	O
existence	O
in	O
multiple	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
systems	O
design	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
that	O
deals	O
with	O
the	O
information	O
component	O
when	O
describing	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
relatively	O
well-established	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
systems	O
design	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
much	O
more	O
debatable	O
within	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
online	O
information( 	O
i.e.	O
,	O
websites	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
little	O
IA	O
view	O
,	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
essentially	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
information	O
science	O
to	O
web	O
design	O
which	O
considers	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
issues	O
of	O
classification	O
and	O
information	O
retrieval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
big	O
IA	O
view	O
,	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
involves	O
more	O
than	O
just	O
the	O
organization	O
of	O
a	O
website	O
;	O
it	O
also	O
factors	O
in	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
,	O
thereby	O
considering	O
usability	B-General_Concept
issues	O
of	O
information	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
