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Sprint #3

1) IA Patterns
2) Labels
3) Sitemaps

IA Patterns
An (IA) pattern is an emergent
answer to a common problem
Donna Spencer

A few examples...
Hierarchy
Database

HIERARCHY
Properties of a hierarchy:

Breadth
Depth
Strict (item in exactly one
place)
Polyhierarchy (item in
more than one place)

HIERARCHY

DATABASE
Properties of a database:

access content from


multiple paths
Metadata
Users are guided through
several landing pages.
Searchable
Structured data
STRUCTURE USED FOR:
When users want to access content on more than one
way (structure, viewing / searching for metadata).
When you have many items that are built on the same
structure.

DATABASE

HYPERTEXT

SUBSITES

CATALOG (COMBINED )

p. 207-208

Labels
...success comes down to what
you call things
Donna Spencer

IA Sitemaps

IA Sitemaps document your IA


Can be charts or detailed lists
Appears only to the customer when navigation and page lay-out is in place

CONCEPTUAL SITEMAP

page

More elements of structured content

DETAILED SITEMAP
Icons showing which template to use

Indication of other
type of document i.
e. pdf

Description of links
shown in pages
content

Metadata for database structure

Exercises
The exercises
for this sprint is made of
three steps:
1.
2.
3.

IA structures
Cardsorting & labels
New sitemap

Step 1 | IA Patterns
Analyse your four inspirational websites
and woodwood.dk.

Discuss how the content is


structured and which IA pattern the
site is build on? Note the benefits
and drawbacks of each type of IA
pattern you find (Donna Spencer p.
177-208)
Draw the pattern for each of the five
websites on paper.

Document your work on the blog.

Step 2 | Cardsorting
& labels

Write down all menu + submenus


on a post-it and place them
randomly on a whiteboard (think
about new labels whilst organising)
Group your post-its anew and give
them a significant label (more on
labels, see p. 209-216).

Document your work on the blog.

Step 3 | Sitemap

Based on your new groups, subgroups and metadata. Discuss which


IA pattern will be best suited to the
new IA.
Begin drawing a sitemap for the new
IA - make it as detailed as possible.

Document your process and record your


reflections / argumentation in your blog.

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