[Sigia-l] Taxonomists (Was: WOW!..)

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Clifton Evans at Infostyling
> 
[...]
> 
> The point is that IA (oddly, a profession from the west coast,
> forgive me I'm now in London) is not Taxonomy, Librarianship or
> Content Strategy.
> 
> IA is architecture.

Yup! But why has it been so difficult for people to see that? After
all, the A in IA stands for Architecture.


> 
> IA is for structural planners.

Yup! They decide what structural properties are needed.


> 
> This is the structure of the information and not the information
> itself.

Yup! A finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.


[...]
> 
> Sound good?

Better yet, it sounds reasonable - something very rare among IA
publications.

A sign that not everyone regurgitates. Some people do use their
reasoning capability. There is hope for the IA field.


Boniface