[Sigia-l] More definition?? Ugh. [was IA system components - add to the list!]

[Coon, Sean]

> If taxonomy development (or navigation to information objects from 
> either a "top down" or "bottom up" approach) isn't an artifact of an 
> information architecture process, what is it an artifact of then? -SC

"An artifact of a classification process." -BL

ok. being that a majority of IA's would argue (and people, please
correct me if you feel otherwise) that classification processes live
within the realm of information architecture processes, are you stating
this because I wasn't descriptive enough in my comment [IA -> taxonomy
development] = [IA -> classification processes -> taxonomy development]
or do you feel that this process falls outside the realm of IA or the
work of information architects?

"To me, information architecture is the structural specification of a
system's information space." -BL

'structural specification' is such a vague definition. which is fine in
and of itself. but since classification artifacts don't fit within [your
definition], the next logical question would be what does? can you
illuminate? because I would argue that classification artifacts (on one
level) = structural specifications of a systems information space.

"May be before defining the field, people need to call what they produce
by the right name. If we cannot do that, we have little hope of
consistently producing the right thing, let alone defining the field."
-BL

brilliant smithers. now go find me a list of those infernal names! [evil
laugh]

spcoon