[Sigia-l] Taxonomies & Navigation

[Paula Majerowicz]

This has been an enlightening discussion -- that you very much!

I am collating all the comments to date -- let me know if anyone is
interested in a summary and I'll post it.
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From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Peter Van Dijck
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:53 PM
To: Prentiss Riddle
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Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Taxonomies & Navigation

Ziya, if you're starting a blog, I'm subscribing. Way overdue my friend!

Peter

On 8/29/07, Prentiss Riddle <riddle at io.com> wrote:
> Renata Zilse wrote:
> >
> > Why should be navigation reflects the taxonomy?
> > ... The user experience should not reflect the unit of information 
> > organizing system.
>
> Doesn't it depend on which taxonomy we're talking about?
>
> The classic principle is that the website should not be structured 
> like the org chart, because the user doesn't care about the org chart.  
> The same thing is often be true of other taxonomies (and hierarchies 
> in general).
>
> However, sometimes there are taxonomies that users do understand and 
> care about (which often interlock in faceted structures).  If you can 
> find them, you can leverage them for navigation.
>
> The simplistic example is that one wouldn't want to organize a 
> gardening site in terms of botanical taxonomy, but it's perfectly 
> reasonable to use shallow "folk" taxonomies familiar to gardeners 
> (trees and shrubs, fruits and vegetables, annual and perennial 
> flowers, etc.).
>
> At the same time, it's legitimate to unobtrusively provide access via 
> the org chart or the botanical taxonomy for the experts who need it.
>
> -- Prentiss Riddle ("aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada")
> -- riddle at io.com  http://prentissriddle.com
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