> “All models are wrong but some are useful.”[^1] -George Box In the context of information architecture, modeling is the act of describing a domain or process in language and symbols. A good model will show the important entities and the significant relationships between those entities. The model allows people to come to a common understanding of the subject of the model. Some common IA models are site maps, domain models, and navigation models. Taxonomies and ontologies can also be considered models. An example domain model: ![[CleanShot 2024-06-23 at [email protected]]] [^1]: [All models are wrong - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong)