Information Architecture principles should be defined to allow future web properties to be built with some consistency.
It would be impractical to attempt to define the information architecture for all of the websites and systems that a Local Authority will need now and in the future. Therefore information architecture guidelines should be designed that include the methods, mechanisms and information used to create the user journeys for any associated website. This should include practical aspects, such as navigation, information consistency, search results and links to related content; but also provide the reasoning behind the principles to allow them to be flexibly applied in future updates.
The Connected City 