ALSO CALLED: Architecture, Information Technology Architectures, IT Architectures, Information Architectures, Information Systems Architectures, Computer Platforms, Product Architectures, and Computer Architectures
DEFINITION: 1) In technical writing, information architecture is the set of ideas about how all information in a given context should be treated philosophically and, in a general way, how it should be organized. In the context of a company making computer products, an information architect might say that "All of our product information should serve customer needs as expressed by tasks that they have to do with  … 
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ARCHITECTURES DEFINITION (continued): …  our products," and would then develop a framework for organizing all existing and future product information in modules related to customer tasks. The results of this thinking would be expressed in an information architecture document.

For product information in the example just discussed, the information architecture document would become the foundation for information planning, which focuses on using the architecture for a specific division, set of products, or individual product. In addition to information architecture and information planning, information design focuses … 
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