[spam] Re: [Sigia-l] [spam] The Value of "IA" or Whatnot,

[Gene Smith]

A brief diversion into semantics:

I'd like to see all the arguments in this thread rephrased *without* the
word 'design.'  Half the time I don't know if 'design' refers to a
discipline, a process, or a product.

After all, what do graphic design and database design have in common other
than "to create or contrive {something} for a particular purpose or effect"
(see third def'n http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=design)? Nothing at all,
I'd contend, and it's folly to treat them as if they're the same sort of
thing because they're both 'design' in the broadest (and most useless)
sense.

For most of these discussions, 'design' is too big a word to be used without
a qualifier.


Gene
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