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Understanding Information Architecture By Dan Klyn and Shari Thurow 2013 UXPA Conference Washington D.C. July 12, 2013
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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.
Transcript of Understanding Information Architecture
Understanding Information ArchitectureBy Dan Klyn and Shari Thurow
2013 UXPA Conference
Washington D.C. July 12, 2013
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
Places Made of Information
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Places Full of Complexity and Contradiction
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“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 Arangopast President of The Information Architecture Institute
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A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
OntologyParticular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
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Image pilfered from @inkblurt’s tweetstream
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What Is The Meaning of App Store?
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… How About Here?
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What Is The Meaning of iTunes?
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taxonomy
Arrangement of the parts
ontology
Particular meaning
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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context
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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context
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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning in Context
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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts
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Taxonomy = Arranging Meaning Across Contexts
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A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
OntologyParticular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
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Choreography = Rules For How The Parts May Interact
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Choreography: Appropriate Unfolding?
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Choreography: Appropriate Unfolding?
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UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
Ontology
Arrangement of the parts
Particular meaning
Rules for
interaction
among the
parts.
Choreography
A Model for Understanding Information Architecture
Arrangement of the parts.
OntologyParticular meaning.
Rules for interaction among the parts.
Choreography
Taxonomy
UXPA Conference – Washington D.C. 2013
