[Sigia-l] Open-source IA tool in the making

[Donna Maurer]

I'm going to ask a big, stupid question ;)

If you stick XML & templates in, and a site appears out (you describe it in wireframe, 
but if CSS styled, you could style it nicely), how is this different from a little CMS?

Donna


On 13 Mar 2006 at 21:08, Alexander Johannesen wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've had some difficulties getting people's opinions and suggestion in
> other related threads, so I've started a new one and hope that people
> could join in. The story is as follows ;
> 
> I've tinkered with a IA tool for some time (basically, building it for
> my own purposes, tinkering with it as my work has taken it), and would
> like input as to what people would like to see an IA tool do. Here's
> what I've got so far ;
> 
>  - input XML definition file(s); sitemap, and templates (can be
> general out-of-the-box as well as specifically defined for a section,
> page, or widget/item)
>  - output ( prototype | wireframe | sitemaps (partly or whole) |
> interaction flow charts) through tabs at the top of each page/site
>  - all output is XHTML 1.0 Strict with minimal semantics, styling through CSS
> 
> (I'll have to make a few general site examples before I put up a test
> version for you to play with, but don't let the discussion stop
> because of that :)
> 
> How would people like to take such a tool? A nifty simple GUI? How
> should it be defined? Should it consider card-sorting stuff? Automagic
> click analysis? Notation and annotated notes and documentation? A
> comment system?
> 
> I know some would like this sort of tool for deliveries, but me
> personally have designed it as a Design with a big D stuff tool in
> which I can switch between different views of the site/application
> with a click. Any ideas and thoughts?
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
> PS: for the technically inclined, it's an XML / XSLT framework,
> currently wrapped up in a little PHP (but could be any technology,
> really). It uses semantically rich XML input and templating files
> which are either general and specific. Supports as many sites/projects
> as you like. Can export fully and import some Topic Maps (CSXTM
> format).
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