[Sigia-l] RE: Web Standards and I.A.s

[Lyle_Kantrovich at cargill.com]

Christina said:
> Nothing to do with information architecture; a lot to do with 
information
architects.

This was my first reaction to the question as well.  On further 
reflection, I think that Web Standards have about as much (or less) to 
do with Information Architecture *for Web sites* as electrical building 
codes have to do with building a home - they may have some impact on 
small aspects of a design (e.g. location of navigation or interaction 
design of nav bars).  I think most aspects of an information system's 
(or application's) IA aren't affected by Web Standards though.  Things 
like taxonomy, labeling systems, metadata and search systems general 
aren't addressed or impacted by Web Standards - in my experience.  Also 
keep in mind Web Standards are only for Web...

Regards,

Lyle

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