# LATCH LATCH was coined by [[Richard Saul Wurman]] in [[Information Anxiety (book)]]. LATCH is an acronym aiming to remind us about the 5 ways to organize information, also known as the [[Five Hat Racks]]: - Location: organizing by geographical or spatial references - Examples: maps, trains - Alphabet: organizing alphabetically (e.g., A-Z) - Examples: dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia - Ideal for non-linear information - Time: organizing by chronological sequence (e.g., using dates and timestamps) - Examples: calendars, time tables, timelines, process steps - Category: organizing by relatedness - Hierarchy: organizing by comparisons - Examples: list of cities sorted by size, number of inhabitants, etc