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The tensions between centralization and decentralization in complex enterprise web sites are addressed from the perspective of conventional information architecture, based on the "islands of information" metaphor used by Rosenfeld and Morville. The needs include the identification and shaping of information spaces, the ability to manage multiple autonomous websites consistently, and a deeper knowledge of enterprise information architecture methodologies. INSET: Niveles de integración. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evaluating the Information Architecture in an already deployed website is not an easy task. Most evaluation techniques are focused on examining system usability, but this is not the only factor that influences IA. The main technique that deals with IA in already deployed web environments is the Navigation Stress Test (NST). A new methodology makes this technique more informative by taking NST beyond simple notation on paper. This work proposes the use of NST combined with other usability testing techniques such as Thinking Aloud and a usability questionnaire. Eye tracking also has been used to supplement the information obtained from applied techniques. This new methodology has been tested by analyzing a series of websites belonging to Spanish public university libraries. The results of this study show the validity of the approach used, as well as the value that this approach and the use of Eye tracking bring to the analysis of IA compared to traditional NST. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The discipline of information architecture (IA), although present in some way for over 50 years, has taken on special relevance with the advent of the Web and the explosion of the amount of available information. Nowadays, IA has clear pillars based on the managed content but especially on users, without forgetting the context. This article discusses components to combine when developing IA, and a basic methodology is identified. As the amount of information around us is still growing, IA continues to innovate with new forms of organization, more efficient search engines and Semantic Web technologies that let computers take care of the less creative part of coping with the avalanche of information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Certainly, in recent years there has been a breakthrough in regard to web accessibility: policies and laws have emerged, along with tools, technologies and guidelines for creating accessible content properly. However, despite these efforts, the Web is still largely inaccessible. In this paper we have analyzed the different technical options for implementation of systems of linear access to the websites, systems which greatly facilitate the accessibility and the usability of these pages and are often forgotten by developers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information architecture (IA), which is based on the classical principles of solid traditional Information Science, was born in the late '90. This discipline deals with structuring, organizing and tagging elements of informational environments to facilitate searching and retrieval of information they contain, thereby improving the usefulness and applications of IA. Main systems or structures that build a website's architectonic anatomy are the organization systems, labeling systems, navigation systems, search systems and controlled vocabularies. Nowadays, the information architecture praxis and design is centered on user needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the literature on information architecture during the period 2005-2010, analyzing the monographs published on the subject, in order to identify the current state of knowledge in this field, and areas of interest and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We attempt to provide a model of information architecture that serves as a basis for the implementation of web sites of very large and complex organizations that publish a vast and diverse amount of information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Web accessibility and the availability of digital information content are analyzed from the perspective of Inclusive Digital Information Architecture. This methodology is focused on improving the quality of life of the users with special needs by facilitating their participation in digital information environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Content Management Systems (CMS) represent the current paradigm in the design and development of information systems and services based on the Web. One of the major challenges facing this kind of applications is to combine, at the same time, the information management processes with the implementation of a coherent structure for access to the data. This requires the use of tools near to the Knowledge Organization, usually by implementing taxonomies or, more flexibly, thesauri. Both of them have been traditionally used for classification and content description of documents. However, it is also very interesting to use them into the automatic construction of dynamic navigation systems, a procedure that can be done through the use of ontologies that, additionally, could be used to interrelate or infer the content managed in a CMS with that content located in corporate information systems (intranets). Diifferent ways to combine these emerging technologies are shown, associated with the representation of thesauri and ontologies in the Semantic Web (such as OWL and SKOS), with the aim to present a series of approaches that could guide future developments of CMS systems in order to obtain greater consistency in information structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]