[Sigia-l] Re: Taxonomists vs. information architects

[Julie Hoffman]

Jean,
I work for a small company whose User Interface group is currently 5 
people strong, and 2.5 of us are IAs. We do not have the luxury or the 
need for a full-time taxonomist. Because we lack this resource, any 
taxonomy and metadata work falls on an IA. My manager (the .5 of our 2.5 
IAs) and I have been trying to become "subject matter experts" in the 
area of taxonomy creation, as this is not an area in which either of us 
have been formally trained. So far, so good, but I think we still have a 
lot to learn.

-- 
Julie Hoffman
Information Architect
EzGov, Inc.

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>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:55:59 -0400
>From: "jean.graef" <jean.graef at montague.com>
>Subject: [Sigia-l] Taxonomists vs. information architects
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>One of our members recently asked me whether taxonomists and information
>architects (IA's) do the same kind of work. In her experience, taxonomists
>develop linguistic tools and IA's apply them to Web sites. But is this true
>in other companies? Does the work of taxonomists and IA's overlap, and if so
>how? We might also ask where does the enterprise architect or knowledge
>base editor fit in?
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>If you are performing in any of these roles - taxonomist, information
>architect, enterprise architect, knowledge base editor - I would like to
>hear about what you do and how your work relates to these other jobs. Your
>remarks can be "off the record," and you can remain anonymous if we use
>anything you say for a future article for the Montague Institute Review.
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>Jean Graef
>The Montague Institute
>jean.graef at montague.com
>www.montague.com
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