# King's College — information architecture matrix

Single source of truth for URLs in this static site. The browse model is **Research first**: **Programmes and centres** and **Clusters and teams** are the main research entry points. Standalone `/schools/`, `/business/`, `/staff/`, audience hubs, and per-slug institute/centre/doctoral URLs are **not** published in this tree (themes and units are described on inner pages and in copy only).

## Live URL prefixes

| Prefix | Purpose |
|--------|---------|
| `/` | Home |
| `/study/` | Study hub (apply, fees) |
| `/study/programmes/` | Programme catalogue |
| `/study/programmes/{bsc-economics,msc-applied-economics,phd-economics}/` | Programme detail pages |
| `/research/` | Research overview |
| `/research/programmes-and-centres/` | Programmes and centres hub |
| `/about/` | About King's College, policies, human-readable sitemap |
| `/about/people/` | Faculty & staff directory (generated) |
| `/about/people/clusters-and-teams/` | Clusters and teams |
| `/news/`, `/events/` | Editorial |
| `/contact/` | Contact, visit, partnerships enquiries |

## Global navigation

- **Research** before **Study** in the main menu.
- Research submenu: Research overview, Programmes and centres, Clusters and teams.
- Study submenu: Study at King's College, Find a programme, How to apply, Fees and funding.
- No top-level Business item; partnerships point to **Contact**.
- Footer: Study, Research, About columns; **Partnerships** uses **Contact** URL.

## Maintenance

- Regenerate the directory after staff data changes: `python3 scripts/generate_people_page.py`
- Refresh nav sitewide: `python3 scripts/patch_ids_nav.py`
- After removing pages, strip dead footer lines / fix partnership hrefs: `python3 scripts/prune_ids_footers.py`
- Cross-check `about/index.html#sitemap` and `sitemap.xml` after IA changes.