Site Maps

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Site Maps
LIS 385 T Information Architecture and Design

• By Norma Palomino

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Site Maps - Introduction

• Diagramming tools
• Powerful tool of communication

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Site Maps Introduction (contd)

• 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.

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Site Maps Introduction (contd)
Confused? Me too.
Source Robust Design Taguchi Method by
Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A.
Schultz, C.
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Site Maps Introduction (contd)
Source Robust Design Taguchi Method by
Cardinal, L., Inman, A., Jew, J., Mandel, A.
Schultz, C.
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Site Maps Introduction (contd)

• Three kinds of diagramming tools for IA
• Storyboards
• (source Storyboarding, Retrieved from
  http//w3.tvi.cc.nm.us/jvelez/MMS170/storyboard/i
  ndex.htm)
• Walt Disneys process of designing cartoons
• Applied to IA
• Schematics (wireframes)
• Site Maps (blueprints)

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Site Maps Introduction (contd)
Source Rosenfeld Morville, p. 294
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Site Maps Introduction (contd)
Source Van Duyne, 2002, p.73
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Site Maps Introduction (contd)
Britannica online site map prototype or
blueprint
Source IBuilder (http//www.ibuildergroup.com/A
rticles/Maps-of-Web-Sites.htm)
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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

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Site Maps - Discussion (contd)

• A Site Map constitutes a hierarchical
  arrangements of data
• Structure of the site
• Relationship among subjects within the content of
  the site
• Books Table of Contents metaphor
• Two kind of finding activities browsing and
  searching (Rosenfeld Morville, p. 170)
• Browsing ? site maps
• Searching ? indexes

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Site Maps - Discussion (contd)

• Kinds of Site Maps for Navigation
• Textual
• Graphical
• Interactive

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Site Maps - Discussion (contd)

• Site Maps for Navigation
• Careful!... New technology can fail!..
• (Ooops)

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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

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Site Maps - Sources

• Cybergeography
• http//www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.htmli
  Builder
• http//www.ibuildergroup.com/Articles/Maps-of-Web-
  Sites.htm
• Mappa Mundi
• http//mappa.mundi.net/maps/

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Site Maps - Bibliography

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• Gagnon, G. (2002, February). Mapping your site
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  PC Magazine, 1-3
• Hart, Ch.W.L., Maher, D. Montelongo, M. (1988).
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  Story Exercise (A). Boston, MA Harvard Business
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• Morville. P. (2002). Mapping your web site.
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• Miksa, F. (2000). A general outline of
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  Austin, LIS 384K.8 Blackboard Site
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