In late September I attended the EuroIA (as in, European Information Architecture) conference in Brussels. Here are some of my general observations…
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Information Architecture
There’s been plenty of debate over the years about whether metadata (columns) or folders are better for organising files in SharePoint libraries. And to be honest, I’m still not 100% convinced either way.
With my information architecture hat on, it seems obvious that metadata should be the way to go. Enhancing a library with extra fields, for categorising and grouping files, allows for a lot more flexibility in display and search. But I can understand why some people are still so wedded to their beloved folders. Here I explore my experiences and observations in working with SharePoint libraries.
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Card sorting is one my favourite techniques for designing the navigation structure of websites and one that I’ve used on several projects. My methods are fairly simple but may be useful for anyone wishing to use card sorting to enhance their information architecture design work.
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