[Sigia-l] Programming IAs was: Little things an IA MUST know/do

[Caren Spencer-Smith]

I know we've had the IA deliverables discussion here, as well; shouldn't 
there be more of a direct connection between the two in the current 
discussion?

Gerry McGovern wrote:
 >Information architects should be able to organize content... They 
think >about how people like to navigate, how people like to search... 
An IA >is a map-maker, a road-maker, a sign-maker. They see forms, 
shapes, >structures... Information architects shape content in order to 
 >facilitate the communication of knowledge.

To me, these things separate IA from the coding, programming, etc.

George Olsen wrote:
 >It's good to understand something about other people's jobs (just as 
 >they understand something of ours) but that doesn't mean we need to be 
 >able to _do_ everyone else's job. Our value is in what we do well that 
 >other's don't.

Exactly.

Jeff Lash wrote:
 >This was covered about a year ago on this list
 >--> http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/0202/0578.html

Thank you for pointing this out. Our collective memory serves as a very 
effective list FAQ. Things do change in a year, however; specifically, 
membership on this list. It is not an awful thing to review these points 
periodically with fresh input.

Caren