[Sigia-l] RE: [Sigia-l] IA system components - add to the list!

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> Arno Reichenauer
>  
[...]
> This clarification serves as a starting point for a theoretical
> foundation of IA methodology in my PhD thesis. I'd like to suggest
> these preliminary results as a basis for discussion to the
> community:
> 
> IA system components:
> 

IA stands for Information Architecture. Shouldn't there be a component
called "architecture"?


[...]
> But IMHO, to move forward as a *discipline*, it is really necessary
> for the IA community to work towards something like an underlying IA
> theory,

I too would like to see what the "underlying IA theory" is. But as
long as people keep forgetting the "architecture" in Information
Architecture, the underlying IA theory is beyond reach.


> 
> Any suggestions, comments and critics are welcomed.

Since your PhD thesis is about IA methodology, I suggest you ask
yourself the following fundamental questions:

- What is Information?
- What is Architecture?
- What is Methodology?
- What is Information Architecture?
- What is Information Architecture Methodology?

Answering the above will head off the question, "Where is the beef?"


Boniface