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LIS 385 T – Information Architecture and Design. Site Maps. By Norma Palomino. Site Maps - Introduction. Diagramming tools Powerful tool of communication. Diagramming tools Powerful tool of communication in organizing: Applied in sophisticated analysis of data in manufacturing
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LIS 385 T – Information Architecture and Design Site Maps By Norma Palomino
Site Maps - Introduction • Diagramming tools • Powerful tool of communication
Diagramming tools Powerful tool of communication in organizing: Applied in sophisticated analysis of data in manufacturing Data about the relationship between quality and productivity can be show as…. Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d)
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Confused? Me too. Source:Robust Design: Taguchi Method by Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A. & Schultz, C.
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source:Robust Design: Taguchi Method by Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A. & Schultz, C.
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) • Three kinds of diagramming tools for IA: • Storyboards (source:Storyboarding, Retrieved fromhttp://w3.tvi.cc.nm.us/~jvelez/MMS170/storyboard/index.htm) • Walt Disney’s process of designing cartoons • Applied to IA… • Schematics (“wireframes”) • Site Maps (“blueprints”)
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source: Rosenfeld & Morville, p. 294
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Source: Van Duyne, 2002, p.73
Site Maps – Introduction (cont’d) Britannica online: site map prototype or “blueprint” Source: “IBuilder” (http://www.ibuildergroup.com/Articles/Maps-of-Web-Sites.htm)
Site Maps - Discussion • Two kinds of Site Maps: • Organization tool: “blueprint” • Navigation tool: “table of content” • “Table of contents” are not “Indexes” ! • “Candyland Crafts" • “Lawrence Livermore”
Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • A Site Map constitutes a hierarchical arrangements of data • Structure of the site • Relationship among subjects within the content of the site • Book’s “Table of Contents” metaphor • Two kind of “finding” activities: browsing and searching (Rosenfeld & Morville, p. 170) • Browsing site maps • Searching indexes
Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • Kinds of Site Maps for Navigation • Textual • Graphical • Interactive
Site Maps - Discussion (cont’d) • Site Maps for Navigation • Careful!... New technology can fail!.. • (Ooops…)
Site Maps - Conclusion • The model of site maps has to be chosen regarding the kind of information the user will look for • Don confuse “Index” with “Table of Contents”! • Morville: “the state of the art in print-based navigation technologies includes tables of contents and back-of-the-book indexes. These tools have stood the test of time because they work” (Mapping your web site, 2002, Commandment #2, ¶). • Use Index and Table of Contents (“Site Maps”) as complimentary tools for your web site
Site Maps - Sources “Cybergeography”: http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html“iBuilder”: http://www.ibuildergroup.com/Articles/Maps-of-Web-Sites.htm “Mappa Mundi” http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/
Site Maps - Bibliography • Cockburn, A. & Jones, S. (1996). Which way now? Analyzing and easing inadequacies in WWW navigation. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 45, 104-129 • DiNucci, D. (1998). Getting there from here. Print: America’s Graphic Design Magazine, 52(Sep-Oct),5. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from http://www.printmag.com/ • Gagnon, G. (2002, February). Mapping your site [Electronic version retreived from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,2992,00.asp]. PC Magazine, 1-3 • Hart, Ch.W.L., Maher, D. & Montelongo, M. (1988). Florida Power Light Quality Improvement (QI) Story Exercise (A). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School. • Morville. P. (2002). Mapping your web site.Semantic Studios. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from: http://semanticstudios.com/publications/web_architect/ mapping.html • Miksa, F. (2000). A general outline of information entity access control. Retrieved October 4, 2002, from the University of Texas at Austin, LIS 384K.8 Blackboard Site: http://courses.utexas.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_60544 _1&frame=top • Pilgrim, C.J. & Leung, Y.K. (1999). Designing WWW Site Map Systems. Paper presented at the 10th International Workshop on Database & Expert Systems Applications, held on September 01 - 03, 1999 in Florence, Italy. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/dexa/0281/ 02810253abs.htm • Rosenfeld, L. & Morville, P. (2002). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: O’Reilly. • Shneiderman, B. (1997). Designing information-abundant web sites: issues and recommendations. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 47, 5-29 • Sifer, M. & Liechti, O.(1999). Zooming in One Dimension Can Be Better Than Two: An Interface for Placing Search Results in Context with a Restricted Sitemap, Hiroshima University. Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages held on September 13 - 16, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2002, from the IEE web page: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/vl/0216/02160072abs.htm • Van Duyne, Landay, J.A. & Hong, J. I. (2002). The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience. Boston: Addison-Wesley