[Sigia-l] IA research?

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

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> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Ed Housman
> Sent: 25 November 2004 16:12
> To: Boniface Lau; sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] IA research?
> 
> I see no serious discussion of what research needs to be done 
> in our field.  Perhaps research is irrelevant because we are 
> just a craft, like shoemaking, and any research would 
> naturally center on making better shoes more cheaply.

<snip> 

> I suspect that behind it all is the flow of money, not information.

Amen to that. I'd go as far to say that almost every IA idea I've worked
on has at some point been analysed from the point of view of monetary
cost, often to the detriment of its implementation.

I hope that doesn't say more about my ideas than it does about IA in
general!

Jonathan


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