Information architectures

"Information structures using techniques like Service- Oriented and Enterprise Architecture to ensure information is ‘held once, used many times’"

Every council faces the challenge of structuring its nformation assets to suit the needs of the business. Information architecture is an important part of the solution. It ensures that the council's information assets are structured and interconnected in a way that ensures they can be located when required, and that enables them to be used efficently. Often, Information Architecture is used to refer to the information content of just the website, but for councils it is much deeper - it is about the entire information asset base of the council.

Despite this, most councils do not have a specific individual allocated as an Information Architect, even though they may accept that information is their key asset. Instead they regard Information Architecture as a critical competency for many, such as internet designers, ICT strategy developers and Information management staff.