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structural design of shared information
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information architecture

Summary

information architecture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (626 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • information architecture is credited with the discovery of Richard Saul Wurman[2].
  • information architecture is a type of structure[3].
  • information architecture's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1976[4].
  • information architecture's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Information architecture[5].
  • information architecture's topic's main category is recorded as Q32439393[6].

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Definition and Type

information architecture is a type of structure[3].

Why It Matters

information architecture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (626 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
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  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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