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Card sorting is a method usingused in [[information architecture]] to help determine which category items should be best places<ref>[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040719.html Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, July 19, 2004]</ref>.

Users are given a set of [[index cards]] with terms already written on them. They then put them into their own logical groupings and title them. As each [[user]] does this independently, common groups will emerge which can then be used for navigation or other purposes.