3. Content
inventory
• Detailed listing of all content in the site
• Major database for all the pages
• Usually tabulated in spreadsheets
4. The Content
inventory sheet
1. Unique ID number
2. Page title
3. Page template or type
4. URL
5. General type of content
6. Person responsible for content
7. Keep/revise/discard decisions
8. Create content?
9. Review status
From the Web Style Guide 3rd Ed. (2009)
5. Hierarchical
outline
• Ranking the importance of each piece of
information
• From broad overviews to specific submenus
• Taxonomy: use of descriptive terms
• Controlled vocabulary
6. Five hat racks
to organize information
1. Category
2. Time
3. Location
4. Alphabetic
5. Continuum
From Information Anxiety (1989): Wurman, R.
