Information Architecture consists of following:
- Site Architecture (Site Map)
- Page Architecture (Page Layouts)
- Content Architecture (Assets libraries, document libraries, lists)
- Links Architecture (internal & external links)
- Metadata Architecture (content types, site columns, term stores, term set groups, term sets, terms)
Site Architecture
- Site is a collection of web pages which is used to store information in organised way.
- Site stores list of documents, discussion, events, task and many other types of information.
- Site provides controlled access to share information among user. i.e. Only Authorize users are allowed to access shared information.
Columns
- Node Title
- Description
- Parent Node
- Node Order (left to right)
- Node Level (top to bottom)
- Site Owner
- Site Template
- Business group
- Keywords
- Target URL
Page Architecture
- A page is part of a Site
- A page layout can be a 2 column, fullbody or custom
- A page can consist of paragraphs of text, additional links and embedded links
- Content approval should be defined at the site level
- Security can be assigned at page level
- You can select an existing page with in the site as parent page
Columns
- Page Title
- Parent Site
- Page Order
- Page Description
- Page Layout (Article page, subsite home page, 2 column, 3 column, fullbody, custom)
- Additional Links?
- Embedded Links?
- Keywords
- Content Approval?
- Page Life Cycle
- Show in Navigation?
- Parent Page
- Page Content Type
- Business group
Content Architecture
- Content is part of a Site
- Content could be a document library, assets library, custom lists
- Content can have security and workflow assigned to it
Columns
- Content Title
- Parent Site
- Description
- Content Type (Custom list, document library, asset library)
- Content workflow?
- Record?
- Custom Content Types
- Keywords
- Content Security
- Number of items
- Maximum content size
- Content Organizer
- Auditing
- Versioning
- Enable Search?
Use Visio or Mindjet Manager to create the site map that could be reviewed with the business groups to finalize the site map.
5 Best Practices:
- Do not allow more than 3 levels in navigation
- Leverage SharePoint sites and pages architecture
- Provide flexibility in your design to change your site map to allow sites or pages as needed
- You may need to extend map provider to enable three level navigation and breadcrumbs
- Content roadmap: Content Identification-> Content Collection -> Content Migration
SP 2010 Intranet Task Map
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