[Sigia-l] Re: IA Standards

[david_fiorito at vanguard.com]

Personally I see the need for standards at the company level not at the 
level of the profession.  I do, however, see the need to better define the 
profession.  Architects design the structures and spaces where we live 
work and play.  They do not make movies that are shown in the theaters 
they design, or make the art that goes on the walls of the galleries they 
design.  But we "information" architects cannot be said to have such clear 
boundaries to the work we do.  Are we HCI experts, library scientists, UI 
designers, etc?  What is the harm in narrowing our field so that when a 
business has the need for our expertise they automatically know to call an 
information architect?

Cheers,

Dave