[Sigia-l] tenets, principles, standards, etc ...

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"Eric Scheid" wrote:

> So ... would it benefit the IA industry if there was an agreement on the
> meaning of terms? Would those meanings be just a fuzzy paragraph, or rooted
> more in practical details (eg. a content inventory would typically contain
> columns for x,y,x)

It would take a client not more than five minutes to describe what they have
in content and what they want it to be parsed for. Do we really need a
'standard' for this? Where's the efficiency?

Let the client describe their *business* goals, then let the IA figure out
just which (of those x,y,z) columns are needed or if another unconventional
one (w) is (also) required. One man's neglected column could be another's
treasure throve of info and/or cash.

Think critically and customize, as opposed to lazily copy and forget.

Ziya
Nullius in Verba