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Use a compass to implement taxonomy during Web development

Hi there,

Just to let you know "the trinity model" in this article is originally from Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville (founders of Argus Associates, the first IA consulting firm).

This model appears in the O'Reilly polar bear book "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 2nd Ed."

It also appeared on Argus' site
http://web.archive.org/web/20001121210700/http://argus-inc.com/services/definition.shtml

And it appears in several diagrams I've done with Lou Rosenfeld http://www.louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/000024.html
http://www.louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/images/010725b.gif

The generic "books and articles talk about these themes" fails to acknowledge that the model itself was created by other people. Credit where credit is due...

cheers,

Jess
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Jess McMullin
www.interactionary.com

For more information about OOP with PHP:

Great web about design patterns and OOP in PHP
http://www.phppatterns.com

An
object-oriented programming library. Browse the API documentation to see real OO php in action.
http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/people/voostind/eclipse/

A couple of MVC implementations
http://phrame.sourceforge.net/
http://www.eocene.net

The new OOP in PHP5 is here!
http://www.phpvolcano.com/articles/php5/index.php

Thanks for a great article Jie-Hong.

I can't help but pitch our Naview service here - it is specifically designed for information architects and it helps create easier navigations (and taxonomies) through prototyping and testing.

I am glad you emphasise the importance of testing towards the end of the article. With the advent of specialised IA testing tools like Naview (there are others, too) there is really no excuse for publishing untested information structures anymore.

Kind regards, Jussi

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Jussi Pasanen | Volkside | http://www.volkside.com/contact/
Interaction and Information Design, User Experience and Usability