RE: the relationship between CM and IA(information architecture)

Forgive this newbie question but what is IA? What's a good resource for more
info on it? (I could do a search but thought it better to find a reliable
resource rather than wade through the tons of stuff:))

Thanks,
M

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Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:58 AM
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Subject: RE: [cms-list] the relationship between CM and IA(information
architecture)

> Now  CM and IA are hot topics.But the relationship between CM and IA
> has not discuss a lot. 
> I only see three articles about this topic.I want to know more about
> it.Can you give your opinion? 

Note that this *is* just my opinion...

I don't think the relationship between CM and IA should really be that
close. CM is specific to the content, IA is specific to the presentation.
You may very well have multiple IA layouts for the same content, depending
on how/where you are delivering your content to.

In my limited experience with CMSs, one drawback to some of them is that
they tend tie the content into a very specific web-based IA. It makes the
assumption that any content you enter into the system will likely be
delivered to one specific web site. At that point, any relationship between
the CM and IA just tends to get in the way.

I'd like to hear others' opinions on this as well...

-Darrel
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