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In this email I propose we create our metadata using the old fashioned
user centered design method: From stakeholders and their stakes to
tasks. From tasks and stakes to usability requirements (efficiency,
effectivity and satisfaction). We design according the rules I define
below. We test the metadata in a usability test.

Principles for creating effective metadata:
1. information must be classified both according to its subject and
according to the user scenario in which it is relevant
2. the metadata should represent the intention of the information.
Metadata should say what the information is about. There should be a
strong relation between the metadata and what the information tries to
explain. Metadata should not mention all the subjects it is also related
to.
3. the metadata should only refer to usable information. Non-usable
information is left out of the classification. The goal is not to index
all information but to index the usable information. The difference
between google and the open directory project is that ODP only refers to
usable information.
4. the metadata should be clear. We have learned from "Women, Fire and
Dangerous Things" that there are concepts that people understand
immediately and concepts that more ambiguous, where people do not
immediately realize what is meant. Metadata should only have clear
concepts

Applying these principles is too hard for our end users. Better do a
user - and task analysis, create the metadata and run a user test.

I wonder whether you can use this. Please let me know if you want me to
clarify certain parts.

Marcel

M. van Mackelenbergh
Human Performance Engineer
+31 73 522 3022
marcelvanmackelenbergh at home.nl 
http://members.home.nl/mackelenbergh 


-----Original Message-----
From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Dave Collins
Sent: dinsdag 2 maart 2004 16:04
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Online card sorting tool WebSort


>Has anyone used the online card sorting tool WebSort
>(http://www.websort.net/index.html) ?
>
>If so, what did you think of it? I've tried the demo and found it easy
to
>use, but am curious whether more novice users might find the technology
>harder to master.

No such thing as novice users! It's all about task profiling! ;)