[Sigia-l] Re: Sigia-l digest, Vol 1 #856 - 1 msg

[Ben Whalley]

 From memory, Lakoff notes that what is basic level will change for 
different populations, depending on specialist knowledge - or lack of 
it. The example given is that although most basic level categories in 
biology occur at the species level – beech, pine, oak etc. –  the 
general term 'tree' might be a basic-level concept for city dwellers. 
By the same token, discovering Goldwing Valkyrie as a basic level 
category for a group would tell you an awful lot about them and how 
they think.

Ben Whalley
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On 7 Mar 2004, at 17:01, sigia-l-request at asis.org wrote:

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> From: "Donna Maurer" <donna at maadmob.net>
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> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 08:20:39 +1100
> Subject: [spam] RE: [Sigia-l] Online card sorting tool WebSort
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> But we're not asking users to come up with the 'right' categories. We
> should be asking them to describe why they have put things together
> in a group so that we can understand the underlying patterns and
> ideas.
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> Donna
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> On 6 Mar 2004 at 8:15, Marcel van Mackelenbergh wrote:
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>> Peter,
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>> Whenever we create a category we should make sure people immediately
>> understand what is meant with it. For example, "car" is clear,
>> "vehicle" is less clear but also "Goldwing Valkyrie" is less clear.
>> So "clearness" is not about whether it is more or less concrete but
>> it is about understanding. Understanding or "What is clear?" of
>> course depends on your target audience.
>>
>> The point I tried to make is that creating metadata is a skill,
>> which is not learned right away. I find it very hard to come up with
>> the right categories and I am still improving myself. How can we ask
>> people, who understand less about metadata, to come up with the
>> right categories? Shouldn't we analyze our target audience, come up
>> with good requirements and then test it on our target audience?
>>
>> Cu
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>> Marcel
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