Table of Contents

A brief history of information architecture - Peter Morville Introduction - Barry Mahon and Alan Gilchrist
PART 1: THE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
1. Developing an information model for information- and knowledge-based organizations - Mike Fisher 2. Document, information, data, content: How to model information? - Catherine Leloup 3. Developing a scalable information architecture for a cross-sectoral, distributed citizen’s information system: The Seamless UK experience - Mary Rowlatt with Cathy Day, Jo Morris and Rob Davies
PART 2: SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
4. Specifying and procuring software - Bob Wiggins 5. The care and feeding of software vendors for IA environments - John Gregory 6. A flexible architecture for managing current awareness - Sabine Kruse and Manfred Hauer
PART 3: MANAGING METADATA
7. Why and when would you use XML in text-based systems? - Derek Sturdy 8. Topic maps: Indexing in 3-D - Bob Bater 9. A devolved architecture for public sector interoperability - Stella G. Dextre Clarke 10. Identifiers and interoperability - Elizabeth Scott-Wilson 11. Information architecture and vocabularies for browse and search - Amy J. Warner 12. The taxonomy: A mechanism, rather than a tool, that needs a strategy for development and application - Alan Gilchrist 13. From architecture to construction: The electronic records management programme at the DTI - Liz MacLachlan 14. Building a business taxonomy: A work in progress - Ruth McLaughlin and Angela Greenwood
PART 4 THE USER INTERFACE 15. Interfaces: Expressions of IA - Janice Fraser 16. Guru interview - Marylaine Block interviews - Genie Tyburski 17. Designing a worldwide experience for PeopleSoft - Janice Fraser and Camille Sobalvarro

About the Author

Alan Gilchrist CMC MIMC HonFCLIP and Barry Mahon MSc are both Associate Consultants with TFPL Ltd, the leading international organization providing specialist consultancy, research, recruitment, training and conferences for the information and knowledge sector. The contributors Bob Bater Infoplex Associates, UK Marylaine Block independent consultant, USA Rob Davies MDR Partners, UK Cathy Day Essex County Council, UK Stella G. Dextre Clarke independent consultant, UK Mike Fisher The Neil Cameron Consulting Group, UK Janice Fraser Adaptive Path, USA Alan Gilchrist TFPL Ltd, UK Angela Greenwood knowledge management expert, southern Europe John Gregory United States Postal Service, USA Manfred Hauer AGI - Information Management Consultants, Germany Sabine Kruse Henkel KgaA, Germany Catherine Leloup independent consultant, France Liz MacLachlan Department of Trade and Industry, UK Barry Mahon TFPL Ltd, UK Ruth McLaughlin information specialist, southern Europe Jo Morris Essex County Council, UK Peter Morville Semantic Studios, USA Mary Rowlatt Essex County Council, UK Elizabeth Scott-Wilson The Stationery Office, UK Camille Sobalvarro PeopleSoft, Inc., USA Derek Sturdy Granite & Comfrey, UK Genie Tyburski Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, USA Amy J. Warner Lexonomy, USA Bob Wiggins Cura Consortium Ltd, UK.

Reviews

"This important book both catches and perpetuates the wave of interest that appears to be building in Europe over Information Architecture."
*Information World Review*

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