[Sigia-l] IA research?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Natasja Paulssen
>  
> Exactly, so we need to be at the drawing board. And we need to
> design an architecture for the information that needs to be
> communicated. 

[...]
> By doing what our name (IA) states we do, we can move up the food
> chain. I personally hold the believe that a CIO should really be a
> Chief Information Officer instead of what is usually the case: a
> Chief Information Systems Officer. Information is an important
> company asset 

Companies believe that they've already taken care of their information
asset by having CIO responsible for the company databases. They see
information as data.

To have them see that they need "an architecture for the information",
they need a pragmatic distinction between information and data.

But after years of hand waving, such distinction is still not
forthcoming. Thus, "information is not data" is hair-splitting.
"Information Architecture" is a highfalutin name. IA is in limbo.


Boniface