[Sigia-l] [spam] Retraction re: "IA" value posting I made ear lier

[Thomas Vander Wal]

On 7/18/02 7:20 PM, "Gene Smith" <genesmith at atomiq.org> wrote:

>> Play along for a moment... an architect would design a building, but
>> would create a blueprint.  Using this framework, the architect wouldn't
>> create a building as that would be done by the builders.
> 
> If you use the dictionary as an authority (seems like we're well beyond
> that), 'design' has an organizational or planning aspect that 'create' lacks
> (http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=design,
> http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=create). In that narrow sense (defn's 1 &
> 2), 'design' seems to be about making a representation of something that
> will be instantiated through some other process.  'Design' also has a
> goal-directed component (def'n 3), while 'create' seems rather open-ended.

I was using the term create as a synonym for produce, which is a valid
definition.  Using the term create framed as the action of an artist is a
quasi-polar definition.  In the artist tinged interpretation of create, I
would say is farther than design in proximity to what IAs do.  In proximity
to IA and schema produce would be closest, design next closest to describing
the actions and resultant products, and create (in the artist/creative usage
put forth).

Are we closer?

All the best,
Thomas

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