Can I use my existing SharePoint enviroment for a document/content repository?
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A Web site's information architecture determines how the information in that site — its Web pages, documents, lists, and data — is organized and presented to the site's users. Information architecture is often recorded as a hierarchical list of site content, search keywords, data types, and other concepts.
Analyzing the information to be presented in an Internet or intranet Web site is an important early step in the site planning process, and this step provides the basis for planning:
- How the site will be structured and divided into a set of subsites.
- How data will be presented in the site.
- How site users will navigate through the site.
- How information will be targeted at specific audiences.
- How search will be configured and optimized
Using information architecture to plan for people and personalization
Your information architecture should include information about users. This information can come from Microsoft products and technologies, such as Microsoft® Exchange, the Active Directory® directory service, and Microsoft SQL Server™. It can also come from industry standard directories for tracking people, such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or from line-of-business applications.
