Week 7 - Lesson 7 Readings & Take aways

Assigned : READINGS - This week, read Chapters 14 - 16 from the "polar bear" text.

Book: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3rd Edition, by Peter Morville and Louis Rosenfeld, ISBN 100596527349

CHAPTER 14

(page 340)
ETHICS

-politics of categories and classification
-issues of intellectual and physical access to information
-ethical responsibilities of IA

You've almost finished the book. This made me laugh aloud.

(page 341)
6 Dimensions IA face:
1. Intellectual Access
2. Labeling
3. Categories and Classification
4. Granularity
5. Physical Access
6. Persistence

1. Intellectual Access

avoid wasting time, money, frustration

(page 342)

2. Labeling

be sensitive to word choice

3. Categories and Classification
to include or not to include categories can have consequences

3. Granularity
(page 343)
definition: ▸ noun: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles

4. Physical Access
physical access to library versus digital

5. Persistence

not glamour but about mission-critical infrastructure

(page 344)
responsibility

not my problem vs whose responsibility is it?

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CHAPTER 15

(page 345)
BUILDING AN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE TEAM

innies=in house versus consulting firm=outies

staffing an IA team

(page 347)
Figure 15-1: Infinite Loop of Destructive Creation

Figure 15-2: Societal layers

Figure 15-3: Information architecture layers

(page 348)
Project vs Program

design an enduring foundation

(page 349)
Buy or Rent

outies=use heavily not solely, easier to get a budget, expert advice, outside perspective, "best practices",
(page 350)
inhouse-deeper knowledge of the business, relationships w/staff

(page 352)
The Dream Team

Table 15-1 Information architecture dream team

Position titles=Strategy Architect, Thesaurus Designer, Controlled Vocabulary Mgr, Indexing Specialist, Interaction Designer, IA Software Analyst, IA Usability Engineer, Cartographer, Search Analyst

Other roles=Enterprise Information Architect, Social Navigation Architect, Content Mngt Architect, Knowledge Mngt Architect, Web Services Architect

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CHAPTER 16

(page 354)
tools and software of the IA

(page 355)
We need both =automated classification software and collaborative filtering engine

Categories of Chaos

-Automated Categorizations 16.2%
-Search Engines 56.4%
-Thesaurus Mnt Tools 19.7%
-Portal or Enterprise Knowledge Platform 37.6%
-Web Analytics/Tracking 62.8%
-Diagramming Software 79.5%
-Protyping Tools 70.9%
-User Research and Testing (not included in survey)

(page 356)

AUTOMATED CATEGORIZATION

Synonyms
automated classification, automated indexing, automated tagging, clustering

Interwoven's Metatagger

Vivisimo's Clustering Engine- said page not found

Entrieva's Semio Tagger=said page not found

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SEARCH ENGINES

software that provides full text indexing and searching capabilities

Endeca Information Access Platform

Google Enterprise Solutions
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THESAURUS MNGT TOOLS

Tools that provide support for the development and mnt of controlled vocabularies and thesauri.

WebChoir

Term Tree

DataHarmony
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PORTAL OR ENTERPRISE KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM

Tools that provide completely intergrated enterprise portal solutions.

Oracle Portal

WebTrends

DIAGRAMMING SOFTWARE

Visual communications software taht information architects use to create diagrams, charts, wireframes, and blueprints.

OmniGraffle

Microsoft Visio

Illustrator


PowerPoint

Intuitect=page not found

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PROTOTYPING TOOLS

Web development software that enables you to create interactive wireframes and clickable prototypes.


Dreamweaver

Visio

Flash

Serena Composer


iRise

Axure

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USER RESEARCH

Software that supports user research, including online card sorting and remote usability testing.

MindCanvas


Macromedia Captivate

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