In preparation for migration of content to a new CMS the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) engaged Adam Ungstad for his expertise in information architecture and content strategy to make their web content more relevant, readable and understandable. In the initial phases of the project Ungstad completed an inventory of selected sub sites within the www.wmo.int domain […]
I am very proud to have been invited to speak at World Information Architecture Day (WIAD) in Zurich this coming February 21, 2015. World Information Architecture Day is the brainchild of the Information Architecture Institute, and the idea behind the day is that different cities across the world simultaneously host a day of celebration of […]
I was lucky enough to be a presenter at EuroIA in Edinburgh, Scotland this past weekend. The entire conference was a good one, with a very broad range of topics covered ranging from natural interfaces to facilitating co-creation workshops to, of course, metadata. My talk was called “Metadata in Cross-Channel Ecosystems” and explores the role […]
At a project kick-off for an enterprise information architecture project we started this summer for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) we used a useful technique to determine enterprise priorities for classification and taxonomy projects. I call the exercise “Metadata Dot-Mocracy.”
The problem with the category “Related Articles” is that it is a synonym for “Miscellaneous.” To be more effective the term should state how the other articles are related – such as “More Sushi Cook Books” or “More General Electric Stoves Under $1000.” Stating the relationship of something with suggested items makes the suggestions more […]