Information architecture for the web: the IA matrix approach to designing children's portals

  • Authors:

  • Andrew Large;Jamshid Beheshti;Charles Cole

  • Affiliations:

  • Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y1;Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y1;Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y1

  • Venue:
  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The article presents a matrix that can serve as a tool for designing the information architecture of a Web portal in a logical and systematic manner. The information architect begins by inputting the portal's objective, target user, and target content. The matrix then determines the most appropriate information architecture attributes for the portal by filling in the Applied Information Architecture portion of the matrix. The article discusses how the matrix works using the example of a children's Web portal to provide access to museum information.