[Sigia-l] Educating Information Architects, New Book

[Ann Rockley]

On the subject of educating information architects, I have been doing a lot 
of work educating information architects and non-architects on how to model 
content for information reuse in enterprise content management. The focus 
is on designing detailed structural models that identify where content can 
be reused across media, across information products (e.g., web site, user 
documentation, training, marketing materials), and in customized 
presentations of content to users. In addition, the models include metadata 
to identify content at the element level for optimum retrieval. The models 
can then be implemented in XML or another structured language/tool. These 
skills are required by information architects to help manage the continuing 
information explosion that is moving from the web to the enterprise, but 
these skills are not yet widely recognized as a requirement.

I would be happy to share a free chapter (Fundamental concepts of reuse) 
from our recent book "Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content 
Strategy". The chapter is downloadable from the book website 
www.managingenterprisecontent.com and the book is available from 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713065/therockleygro-20>amazon.<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713065/therockleygro-20>com. 


I would also be interested in starting a "thread" on how can we as 
information architects design reusable content that does not compromise the 
quality of the content and the user experience, a topic I haven't seen 
covered yet.



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"Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy" (ISBN 0735713065)
by Ann Rockley with Pamela Kostur and Steve Manning is now available from 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713065/therockleygro-20>amazon.<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713065/therockleygro-20>com 
or 
<http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713065/therockleyg08-20>amazon.ca. 
For more information visit www.managingenterprisecontent.com.

Ann Rockley
The Rockley Group Inc.
905-415-1885
rockley at rockley.com
Web: www.rockley.com