Ray White — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:59:51 GMT

IA is the organization of information according to Taxonomy, metadata, Thesauri… Taxonomy, metadata and thesuari also require organization.

The use of taxonomy metadata and thesauri in search is required for contextualized results and the basis of parametric and faceted search.

As IAs we tend to recommend these as foundation for organizing information…. Why to find it, and trust it, and share it, and reuse it….

Ray White — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:27:51 GMT

Architecture is an enterprise activity. Enterprise architecture is composed of Business Architecture (Strategies, Processes and Models, Roles), Information Architecture – Information supporting the Business (Typing, Modeling, Organizing, Structure, Frameworks, Governance, Data Architecture), Application Architecture – Solutions delivering information to the business (Application Portfolio, Application Data Mapping), Tecnical Architecture (Infrastructure dupporting the apps, and info environments)... There are slight variations on this.
If businesses, and/or government departments need to organize information at the enterprise level…. What is the business benefit? What are the enterprise goals that would make an organization see this as imperative?
Possible points of view could include Business Flexibility, Change Impact Analysis, the ECM virtues (Enhanced reliability, better decisions, maximize reuse)...
I am the converted, but it continues to be a tough sell in many areas, and not whisper of a thought in others. We need an ROI model. How to measure the Cost of not having EIA and how to measure the benefit of subscribing to it, which becomes a modus operandi vs a one time affair.

Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Ray White