Information Architecture Institute
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The Information Architecture Institute (IA Institute or IAI) was a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture. The organization was incorporated in November 2002[1] and was a 501(c)(6) organization. It grew to become one of the world's largest professional groups for web specialists, with over 1200 members in 60 countries,[2] It was dissolved in September 2019 and is no longer a professional board of trade.[3]
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Formation | 2002 (2002) |
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Dissolved | 2019 (2019) |
Legal status | Dissolved |
Purpose | The IAI was a global organization that supported individuals and organizations specializing in the design and construction of shared information environments. |
Formerly called | Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture |
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The institute broadly defined "information architecture[4]" as:
- The structural design of shared information environments.
- The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability.
- An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.