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[Gerardo Garcia]

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>    1. RE: IA/UX Group in Philly? (Annie Rex)
>    2. Re: Multiple Browser Windows in Applications
> (Anders Ramsay)
>    3. Conceptual Model / Decision Tables (Jan Paice)
>    4. Faculty Position in Information Architecture
> and Knowledge
>        Management at Kent State University (Thomas
> J. Froehlich)
>    5. Re: Dublin Core and meta-tag length (Jan Egil
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> Message: 1
> Reply-To: <annie at project451.com>
> From: "Annie Rex" <annie at project451.com>
> To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] IA/UX Group in Philly?
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:44:31 -0400
> 
> A few of us, some active on this list, have tried to
> organize something
> in the past, but never quite got there for a number
> of reasons. The
> UPA-PA group, well-organized by a core team, usually
> hosts many sessions
> that are of cross-discipline interest. I encourage
> you to check them
> out. In regards to the IA group, I say let's
> organize a happy hour and
> gauge interest again. It seems as if the other metro
> area groups do well
> without much organizational overhead and
> affiliation. Perhaps we should
> explore a more informal group and have occasional
> structured sessions? I
> know that I personally could a little inspiration
> from my peers. Let's
> try to get this together sooner rather than later.
> 
> - Annie
> 
> P.S. - Many of the active IA/UX professionals in the
> Philly area seem to
> be located well outside of Philadelphia proper. The
> Plymouth Meeting
> area was a centralized location for people from King
> of Prussia,
> Malvern, Center City, and Bucks County to meet. 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:01:57 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Multiple Browser Windows in
> Applications
> From: Anders Ramsay <anders at nyc.rr.com>
> To: Shelley Goodwin <shelley at aerosurf.net>,
> <Sigia-l at asis.org>
> 
> On 9/12/02 3:07 PM, Shelley Goodwin at
> shelley at aerosurf.net wrote:
> 
> > Sorry I should have expanded a bit more. Ziya,
> from what I understand about
> > web-based applications, it's best not to use
> multiple browser windows for
> > anything but extraneous data like contextual help.
> ..Because, problems can
> > arise with the user sessions such as losing state,
> creating a clone etc..
> > So, the tricky part, I think, is that the best
> solution is to not utilize
> > browsers to perform these kinds of tasks BUT, in
> order to escape the
> > problems they were having with Java, the decision
> has been made to create
> > web-based applications even with the knowledge
> that multiple browser
> > windows are a problem.
> > 
> > I'm looking for something along the lines of "it's
> best not to do it, but
> > if you have to, here's the best way to go about,
> here are some use cases,
> > tests, etc..."
> > 
> If you need to find research to support an argument,
> there may be a problem
> with the argument itself.  It appears that you are
> making an assumption that
> an application appearing in a browser necessitates a
> multi-window
> environment. Whether or not you have a multi-window
> environment is purely a
> question of design (which includes choice of
> technology) - the fact that it
> appears in a browser does not at all mean it needs
> to be multi-window.  You
> could, for example, implement a full-fledged and
> complex single-window
> application in a browser using Flash MX.
> 
> -Anders 
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 20:58:24 +0200
> From: "Jan Paice" <alkemik at virgilio.it>
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Conceptual Model / Decision
> Tables
> 
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> I just read the very enlightning article by the
> marvellous Christina Wodk=
> e
> "Defining I.A. Deliverables" at
> http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/326/=
> 15
> and enjoyed very much in seeing daily issues from
> her expert point of vie=
> w.
> 
> Yet, being the article an overall introduction to
> the topic, I gained als=
> o
> a quite good curiosity especially about the first
> and the last deliverabl=
> es
> described in the item:
> 
> could you help me then to better focus Conceptual
> Model and Decision Tabl=
> es?
> Are there online resources where I can find more
> details on these I.A. de=
> liverables?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Jan Paice
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:48:11 -0400
> To: Sigia-l at asis.org
> From: "Thomas J. Froehlich" <tfroehli at kent.edu>
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Faculty Position in Information
> Architecture and Knowledge
>  Management at Kent State University
> 
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> The Masters Program in Information Architecture and
> Knowledge Management at 
> Kent State University (http://iakm.kent.edu) is
> seeking an applicant for a 
> tenure-track position at the rank of Associate or
> Assistant 
> Professor.   This unique and innovative,
> interdisciplinary program was 
> inaugurated in the Fall, 2001, and has attracted a
> strong cadre of 
> students.  The program is a collaboration of the
> Department of Computer 
> Science, the Graduate School of Management, the
> School of Communication 
> Studies, the School of Journalism and Mass
> Communication, the School of 
> 
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