[Sigia-l] moving beyond first principles: how?

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"Richard_Dalton at Vanguard.com" wrote:

> (at the risk of being flamed to dealth by the "we don't need a definition"
> society ;-)

We don't need no stinkin' definition.
 
> You can't teach what doesn't exist!

Has been tried before.

> There is little agreement as to the scope or definition of "Information
> Architecture"

God's honest truth.

> I very much doubt that interior designers or general contractors call
> themselves "architects" or vice versa, ditto with the Medical profession,
> ditto with the majority of the IT industry, the list goes on.

Not true. There are many architects doing interior design. There are
gazillion  buildings around the world done almost entirely by contractors
without the benefit of an architect. There are many non-MDs giving medical
care. Some professions are licensed, some aren't.

If you want to license IA, come out and say it. Short of that, we don't need
no stinkin' definition. From programmers to writers to designers to
musicians, many professions do just fine with a "definition".

Ziya
Nullius in Verba