Useful Links
Information Architecture Tools
 
 
Automated Categorisation and Classification
 
Iawiki Automated Category Generation http://www.iawiki.net/AutomatedCategoryGeneration
Links to products
 
Iawiki Automated Classification http://www.iawiki.net/AutomatedClassification
Definition and links to discussion and products
 
Vivisimo http://vivisimo.com/html/index
Includes links to sites using Vivisimo’s clustering technology.
 
Card Sorting Software
 
xSort http://www.ipragma.com/xsort
 
 
Content Management Systems
 
Iawiki Content Management Systems http://www.iawiki.net/ContentManagementSystems
Links to products, articles, books and discussion lists
 
Diagramming Software
 
Iawiki Diagramming Tools
http://www.iawiki.net/DiagrammingTools
Links to many products – some Mac
 
Jesse James Garrett’s ‘A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design’ http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/
 
Omnigraffle http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/
 
IA stencils for Omnigraffle http://www.paperplane.net/omnigraffle/
Groups of shapes to download and use in Omnigraffle.
 
Urlygreyhot Wireframe Stencil for Omnigraffle http://urlgreyhot.com/personal/resources/omnigraffle_wireframe_palette
 
Iawiki Omnigraffle http://www.iawiki.net/OmniGraffle
Very brief
 
Miscellaneous
Tinderbox http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/
Personal organisation and note software for Mac
 
Search Engines
 
Search Tools http://www.searchtools.com/
Very useful site, especially for web developers.
 
Search Engine Watch http://searchenginewatch.com/
Discusses, compares and gives statistics on different search engines – very comprehensive.
 
Finding the Right Search Engine http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/09/champeon/
Article from New Architect
 
How to Put a Search Engine on Your Site http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/searchengine.shtml
Article by Christopher Heng
 
Clusty http://clusty.com/
 
Clusty Site Search http://clusty.com/sitesearch
Includes links to demo sites, and html code to add Clusty to a site
 
Thesaurus Construction
 
Iawiki Thesaurus Construction Tools http://www.iawiki.net/ThesaurusDesignTools
Links to products – all non Mac
 
Cognatrix http://www.lgosys.com/products/Cognatrix/index.html
 
Software for Building and Editing Thesauri http://www.willpower.demon.co.uk/thessoft.htm
Discussion and extensive link to products – but almost all not Mac
 
Website Use Analysis
Iawiki Analysis Tools http://www.iawiki.net/AnalysisTools
Links to products