An introduction to the information architecture of The Guardian newspaper in London, presented by Martin Belam at the April 2009 London IA Mini Conference
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1. Introducing Information Architecture at The Guardian Martin
Belam April 2009
2. Product managers develop business cases Product Manager
3. Designers produce pixel-perfect designs Product Manager
Designer
4. and then software engineers build and deliver Product
Manager Designer Software Engineer
5. Product managers produce wireframes and specs Product
Manager Designer Software Engineer I do IA!
6. Designers have arranged navigation and sign-posting Product
Manager Designer Software Engineer I do IA! I do IA!
7. and software engineers do *lots* of IA Product Manager
Designer Software Engineer I do IA! I do IA! Hwaiuu waoaoaaai
haoyuwoaauu* * http://wookieepedia.org/w/Wrouau
8. Enter the Information Architect
9. Enter the Information Architect
10. Wireframes, taxonomies, user-centred approach
11. Ensuring that our IA supports our web principles 1:
PERMANENT 2: ADDRESSABLE 3: DISCOVERABLE 4: OPEN
12. Our content is metadata rich Keywords Contributor Series
Publication Tone Article Video Audio Gallery Cartoon Tags
Content
13. On the site this powers lateral navigation
14. Content aggregates at the keyword tag level
15. The system offers automated or curated aggregation
16. Open Platform API shows our metadata to the world
17. Welcome to Kings Place
18. [email_address] April 2009 Introducing Information
Architecture at The Guardian