2003 IA Summit - Trip Reports

Stacy Surla shares her thoughts on the 2003 IA Summit.

Keynote Presentation
Stewart Brand
What does "designed to adapt" mean for a website? Can the pace-layering model be helpful to information architecture?

Model of Attraction
Thomas Vanderwal, INDUS Corporation
An expanded way to think about the information lifecycle.

Slicing Up England: Content Analysis and Modeling for BBCi
Margaret Hanley, BBCi
Useful lessons for large sites, particularly those not managed through a central CMS or that are migrating towards a CMS.

Content Modeling and Analysis for EastEnders
Celia Romaniuk, BBCi
Applications for this RDF project, outside the soap opera world, beg to suggest themselves.

Guidelines and Standards for Taxonomies and Other IA Controlled Vocabularies
Amy Warner, Lexonomy.com
For those who use taxonomies, or would like to, the good news is that ANSI Z39.19 is be rewritten to include the needs of non-librarians.

Knowledge Compass
Jane K. Starnes, Intel Library
Implementing an internal KM system. How can these lessons be used to create an "Ask the Expert" product for a client?

Information Overload: A Love Story
Thom Haller, Info.Design
Thom Haller's journey as representative "blobhead," the Information Everyman within us all.

Making Connections with Techies
Chris Farnum (Moderator), ProQuest
Yes, there is a cross-cultural communication issue. There are some things we can do to bridge the gap. One involves a pint of beer.

Metadata Harvesting
Karl Fast, University of Western Ontario
A vision for the future in which metadata migrate out of silos and get more powerful in putting content into the hands of the users.