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OrganizationSI 658 Information Architecture
Marti Gukeisen
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Related Readings
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3rd
Edition (The Polar Bear Book) Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld
ISBN 978-0-596-52734-1
Ch 5 Organization Systems
Everything is Miscellaneous
Ch 4 Lumps & Splits
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We are all librariansALA accredited, actually (once you graduate)
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whelming-ness of information
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What would be the
hardest thing to
explain to someone
from 200 years ago?
All the world’s
cumulative knowledge
is accessible at any
time from my phone,
but mostly I use it to
look at funny cat
pictures
2007
I can has cheezburger?
launches
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Taxonomy is about
How categories (can/should/do) create, exploit, expose
relationships.
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Knowing these will help you win at trivia.
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Taxonomy
a hierarchical arrangement of categories within the user
interface of a web site or intranet.
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Taxonomy is hard for 2 reasons:
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1- using the RIGHT words - (This is really about
ONTOLOGY – what we mean when we say what we
say, but it doesn’t matter what it’s called. If you do it
wrong you and your taxonomy are screwed)
2- grouping things the BEST way – This is
SUBJECTIVE, because we don’t all think about things
the same way. Actually so was the first one. It’s all
subjective.
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Ambiguity – the great anti-taxonomy
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Disambiguations are
paths leading to
different articles
which could, in
principle, have the
same title.
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Vocabulary Quiz
Homogeneity
Heterogeneity
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Coping Mechanismsfor more coping advice: caps.umich.edu
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It’s all about the brain
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Organization Schemes
Exact
Alphabetical
Chronological
Geographical
Ambiguous
Topic
Task
Audience
Metaphor
Hybrid*
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*It’s an OCD person’s worst nightmare, but sometimes it’s better than anything else.
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Hybrid Organization Schemesone of these things is not like the others
Mens Womens
Childrens On Sale!
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And that’s okay.
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a few rules of thumb
(not really) based on trees
each thing has a place
miscellaneous is not a category,
it is an admission of failure
things only get one place
categories should be just right
not too big or too small
make it obvious what defines
a category
aka get your LABELING right
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Capacity: 7 (+/- 1)
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So what do you think?
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Broad and Shallow
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Narrow and Deep
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Number of Clicks: a very useful lie
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goldilocks knows: extremes are badmake sure you get it just right
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social. tags. so hot right now
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Project Timethe part where you collaborate and teach each other
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Get in your groups
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the next group assignment
the what it is & what it should be assessment
top down
bottom up
performance continuums
performance analysis
taxonomy analysis
template linked to from ctools
due Feb 27
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Presentation Timethe part where you teach
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Wrap UpMore stuff for you to do.
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Feb 9th 9:30 am – 5 pm in the MLB
EASIEST way to earn your IA Community Badge
Are you registered? You should be. It is FREE:
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For next week
Due TUES Feb 12th at 11 pm.
50-300 words responding to the following:
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Polar Bear
Ch 6 Labeling Systems
LatersQuestions?
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