[Sigia-l] Information Architecture 3.0

[richard_dalton at vanguard.com]

Anyone reading this would think that you consider IA and IxD to be equal 
siblings rather than IA just a smaller part of IxD and I must admit to a 
certain confusion myself. I don't buy the "IA doesn't take into account 
time" theory - of course it does - how can you help someone find something 
(for example) only considering a single point in time? I firmly believe 
that JJG's first elements diagram with IA and IxD occupying the same 
"structure" plane depending on the context of use (application vs 
hypertext system) is the most valid one.

        Richard

> Just like there is Typography, iconography which are their own
> disciplines but have deep overlap with graphic design, so is IA and
> IxD and even Graphic Design all distinct disciplines with strong
> bodies of knowledge.


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