All posts from
October 2003

Information Design Models and Processes

A Call for Papers: “A crucial aspect of most (if not all) Web systems is the way in which information is utilised and managed. Recent work on areas as diverse as topic maps, information architectures, adaptation of UML, agile development methods such as extreme programming, and modelling for the semantic Web, have all contributed to an emerging understanding of how to design the information structures that underpin the Web (and of course much of this work has in turn been informed by research in areas like hypertext and HCI).” (Journal of Digital Information) – courtesy of louis rosenfeld

Attitudes to Web Accessibility

“During the summer of 2003, we ran an online questionnaire, conducted interviews and carried out a literature review on Web accessibility. One hundred and seventeen respondents participated and they included designers, information officers and accessibility advocates. This initial set of results are intended to encourage debate on the subject.” (John Knight – Usability News)

Attitudes to Web Accessibility

“During the summer of 2003, we ran an online questionnaire, conducted interviews and carried out a literature review on Web accessibility. One hundred and seventeen respondents participated and they included designers, information officers and accessibility advocates. This initial set of results are intended to encourage debate on the subject.” (John Knight – Usability News)

Schools Teaching IA

“Many colleges, universities, and companies offer courses in information architecture. (…) listings of schools that offer courses and full degree programs dedicated to IA. In compiling the above lists, we included courses and programs that explicitly used ‘information architecture’ or ‘information design’ in the title. For courses not explicitly using these terms, a course was judged to be IA-related if it encompassed a digital information design/organization theme and used one of four IA books as the text.” (Victor LombardiAIfIA Educational Curriculum Initiative)

SBI White Papers

“Our white papers (…) provide points of view on topics relevant to our client projects and to the industry overall. SBI Perspectives can examine a current technology or approach, share best practices, or explore emerging trends. Our white papers are based on analyist and industry learning, as well as our fisthand experience with clients.” (SBI & Company)

The Semantic Web, Today

“The key point of the semantic web is the conversion of the current structure of the web as a data storage (interpretable only by human beings, that are able to put the data into context) into a structure of information storage. In order to convert data into information we have to put it into context by adding metadata, data that contains the semantics, the explanation of the data it refers to; in the end, the context.” (Juan C. Dürsteler – Info@Vis!)