[Sigia-l] Re: New Web Accessibility & IA Organization inBoston (Listera)

[Ed Housman]

Seems to me that we might look at a template as an array of data-display and
data-entry points (in our case mapped out on a screen).  Behind this template
are filters that allow certain information in and out, and deliver commands and
data, hopefully in a way that serves a particular user's NEED.

Stepping way back I see a  need-based architecture constructed around an
independent body of information. This puts us in the position of controlling
(enabling and restricting) how users see the information in there, and what
they see.

That's an awesome responsibility.

--Ed
--- Listera <listera at rcn.com> wrote:
> "James Robertson" wrote:
> 
> > A perfectly structured and designed site where all
> > information is easily obtainable is utterly useless
> > if it doesn't provide the information that users
> > need.
> 
> Let me make this crystal clear: If you were to work for Dow Jones as an
> IA/ID/UX/etc on, say, the Industrial Average, you can create all sorts of
> interfaces, navigations, architectures, categorizations, etc. But never in a
> million years will they allow you to actually alter the composition of the
> Industrial Average.
> 
> In a mom&pop operation where they can't afford to spend much money on
> anything, you may write, draw, code, serve, cook and do windows, in which
> case, heck, cosmetologist or wizard is as good a title as any.
> 
> Your worth as an IA/ID/UX/etc to an organization is not your *domain
> specific* knowledge that would allow you to make alteration at the (raw)
> info/data level, but your ability to make that info/data accessible to end
> users at the meta level. Otherwise, as a professional, you'd have a very
> difficult time moving from one organization/industry to another, your
> worth/expertise having being tied to domain specific knowledge.
> 
> Ziya
> Nullius in Verba 
> 
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