>“An information object is an entity that contains the content of a message and has the required structure and context to allow that message to be decoded and understood.” 
-[Peter Van Garderen](http://archivemati.ca/2007/02/05/information-as-an-object/) Information architects deal with information objects - the tangible (or semi-tangible) entities that can be stored, manipulated, and retrieved. For example: text, images, videos, data structures. Objects can nest; there can be information objects within other information objects. Folders are information objects, and the files within them are objects, too. --- **Relates to**: [[information]]