adila
Uploaded by
16 SLIDES
302 VUES
160LIKES

Enhancing Information Architecture with Effective Site Maps

DESCRIPTION

This document provides a comprehensive introduction to Site Maps as a crucial element in Information Architecture (IA) and design. It explores various diagramming tools including storyboards, schematics, and site maps that serve different purposes such as organization and navigation. The text discusses the hierarchical arrangement of data, the relationship between subjects, and the importance of understanding user behavior in browsing and searching. Insights from established sources emphasize the practicality and enduring relevance of these tools in web design.

1 / 16

Télécharger la présentation

Enhancing Information Architecture with Effective Site Maps

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

Playing audio...

  1. LIS 385 T – Information Architecture and Design Site Maps By Norma Palomino

  2. Site Maps - Introduction • Diagramming tools • Powerful tool of communication

  3. Diagramming tools Powerful tool of communication in organizing: Applied in sophisticated analysis of data in manufacturing Data about the relationship between quality and productivity can be show as…. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d)

  4. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Confused? Me too. Source:Robust Design: Taguchi Method by Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A. & Schultz, C.

  5. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source:Robust Design: Taguchi Method by Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A. & Schultz, C.

  6. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) • Three kinds of diagramming tools for IA: • Storyboards (source:Storyboarding, Retrieved fromhttp://w3.tvi.cc.nm.us/~jvelez/MMS170/storyboard/index.htm) • Walt Disney’s process of designing cartoons • Applied to IA… • Schematics (“wireframes”) • Site Maps (“blueprints”)

  7. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source: Rosenfeld & Morville, p. 294

  8. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source: Van Duyne, 2002, p.73

  9. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Britannica online: site map prototype or “blueprint” Source: “IBuilder” (http://www.ibuildergroup.com/Articles/Maps-of-Web-Sites.htm)

  10. Site Maps - Discussion • Two kinds of Site Maps: • Organization tool: “blueprint” • Navigation tool: “table of content” • “Table of contents” are not “Indexes” ! • “Candyland Crafts" • “Lawrence Livermore”

  11. Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • A Site Map constitutes a hierarchical arrangements of data • Structure of the site • Relationship among subjects within the content of the site • Book’s “Table of Contents” metaphor • Two kind of “finding” activities: browsing and searching (Rosenfeld & Morville, p. 170) • Browsing  site maps • Searching  indexes

  12. Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • Kinds of Site Maps for Navigation • Textual • Graphical • Interactive

  13. Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • Site Maps for Navigation • Careful!... New technology can fail!.. • (Ooops…)

  14. Site Maps - Conclusion • The model of site maps has to be chosen regarding the kind of information the user will look for • Don confuse “Index” with “Table of Contents”! • Morville: “the state of the art in print-based navigation technologies includes tables of contents and back-of-the-book indexes. These tools have stood the test of time because they work” (Mapping your web site, 2002, Commandment #2, ¶). • Use Index and Table of Contents (“Site Maps”) as complimentary tools for your web site

  15. Site Maps - Sources “Cybergeography”: http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html“iBuilder”: http://www.ibuildergroup.com/Articles/Maps-of-Web-Sites.htm “Mappa Mundi” http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/

  16. Site Maps - Bibliography • Cockburn, A. & Jones, S. (1996). Which way now? Analyzing and easing inadequacies in WWW navigation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 45, 104-129 • DiNucci, D. (1998). Getting there from here. Print: America’s Graphic Design Magazine, 52(Sep-Oct),5. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from http://www.printmag.com/ • Gagnon, G. (2002, February). Mapping your site [Electronic version retreived from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,2992,00.asp]. PC Magazine, 1-3 • Hart, Ch.W.L., Maher, D. & Montelongo, M. (1988). Florida Power Light Quality Improvement (QI) Story Exercise (A). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School. • Morville. P. (2002). Mapping your web site.Semantic Studios. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from: http://semanticstudios.com/publications/web_architect/ mapping.html • Miksa, F. (2000). A general outline of information entity access control. Retrieved October 4, 2002, from the University of Texas at Austin, LIS 384K.8 Blackboard Site: http://courses.utexas.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_60544 _1&frame=top • Pilgrim, C.J. & Leung, Y.K. (1999). Designing WWW Site Map Systems. Paper presented at the 10th International Workshop on Database & Expert Systems Applications, held on September 01 - 03, 1999 in Florence, Italy. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/dexa/0281/ 02810253abs.htm • Rosenfeld, L. & Morville, P. (2002). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: O’Reilly. • Shneiderman, B. (1997). Designing information-abundant web sites: issues and recommendations. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 47, 5-29 • Sifer, M. & Liechti, O.(1999). Zooming in One Dimension Can Be Better Than Two: An Interface for Placing Search Results in Context with a Restricted Sitemap, Hiroshima University. Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages held on September 13 - 16, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from the IEE web page: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/vl/0216/02160072abs.htm • Van Duyne, Landay, J.A. & Hong, J. I. (2002). The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience. Boston: Addison-Wesley

More Related