[Sigia-l] IA and medium

[George Olsen]

At 7:00 PM -0700 5/13/02, Jesse James Garrett wrote:
>  > That's again why we need to distinguish between the _principles_ of IA
>>  (however you want to define them) and job descriptions.
>
>Surely you're referring to the distinction between the discipline and the
>role? ;)

Actually, close but not quite.

I'm not sure there's real agreement over the discipline of IA -- 
otherwise we wouldn't be having these constant discussions about how 
wide/narrow.

I think there's much more consensus around IA principles, how to 
organize elements on a page. (OK, that actually involves a collection 
of principles, but you get my point.)

But also we need to remember that just 'cuz we use these principles 
doesn't automatically make them _IA-exclusive_ principles. For 
example,  you called examples of visual hierarchy "the IA of everyday 
things." I call 'em principles taught in Graphic Design 101.

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