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

[adamya ashk]

> > But seriously, how do you make that distinction between 'Create' and
> > 'Design'. Especially when we talk about 'Schema' & 'Classification' and may
> > I dare, 'Interaction'?
>
> 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.  The creation
> would be based on the design.  The properties of design are more
> ethereal and are used as a guide to build the creation.

So someone is building the 'creation' ? doesn't that make the designer(architect)
more of a 'creator'?

>The architect
> would create a blueprint as it has defined elements (preset standards)
> that must be adhere so that the blueprint can be used properly.

I would argue that the blueprint is just a representation of the creation.

> To extract definition: Design is a new framework or original creation.
> Create is based on a predetermined design or predetermined framework.

That is a semantic twist. You are talking about 'creation' vs. 'to create'. Remember
we create designs and we design creations. In the context we are talking about, the
two are inseparable.

> Schema and Classification have predefined frameworks and structures that
> are excepted so that interpretation and use of the Schema and
> Classification can be readily used.

The above is a little vague...let me try once more...

Buildings are interpretations; of frameworks and structures which relate to the
physical as well as functional aspects of habitat. Put it another way; when we make
buildings we express ourselves in a language where the functions of the building and
the elements of  it's structure are the constituents. So when we design the building
we are actually 'creating' it out of thin air; fabricating a relationship of beams
and columns, of rooms, verandahs and porches; all in a way that will satisfy the
needs of it's inhabitants. The actual building of this 'creation' can then be done by
anybody.

Similarly, the IA of a system is schema or classification or interaction that has
been 'designed' and 'created'. Once this overarching system, which serves the
intended functionality, is in place we can 'build' or 'make' the system and populate
it with content.

I rest my case.

> Hence, IAs create schema and classifications and not design them.
>
>
> > These are essentially logical relationships. So is a logical relationship
> > 'Created' when we think about it and make decisions? I would say so. Or is
> > it created when we populate that relationship with real world objects? There
> > is clearly a dilemma here.
> >
> > I have been taught that 'design' is a sub-set of 'create'. I have learnt
> > that this is not always true. A logical relationship representative of a
> > system can be designed in the mind and is created at the exact instance that
> > design began. A physical object however is more than a logical relationship.
> > So yes a building designed before it is created but a user-interaction flow
> > is designed and created at the same time.
> >
> > So the net net: there is no difference between creating IA vs. designing it!