It was a delight to give a presentation with my friend and fellow IAI Board member Shari Thurow in Washington D.C. today at the User Experience Professionals Association conference.
7. Places Made of Information
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8. Places Full of Complexity and Contradiction
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9. “information architecture is the only field I’m
aware of that is concerned with the structural
integrity of meaning across contexts.
Anyone who questions the relevance of IA by
diminishing it to “just” website navigation in 2013 is
talking about their understanding of the state of the
profession 15 years ago”
-- Jorge Arango
past President of The Information Architecture Institute
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
10. A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
Ontology
Particular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
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11. Image pilfered from @inkblurt’s tweetstream
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24. Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts
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25. Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts
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26. A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
Ontology
Particular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
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27. Choreography = Rules For How The Parts May Interact
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32. UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
Ontology
Arrangement of the parts
Particular meaning
Rules for
interaction
among the
parts.
Choreography
33. A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
Ontology
Particular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013