Collections part 1: Collections of links
In my last post I presented the case for the use of collections as an editorial layer on top of a metadata driven site. One of the most common types of collection in online journalism are lists of links around a story – commonly referred to as link journalism.
Link journalism is linking to other reporting [...]
The importance of curation in a metadata driven information architecture
How do you retain a sense of editorial voice and craft as information architectures become increasingly metadata driven?
In my work with BBC Journalism we have been attempting to take the philosophy of Tom Scott’s Wildlife Finder and applying it to News and Sport. Our starting point has been the Winter Olympics.
The step change was in [...]
News Linked Data Summit and the call for native to the web vocabulries
I recently spoke at the News Linked Data Summit, a pan-news industry event looking at the potential of Linked Data. Martin Belham and the Media Standards Trust have already blogged about aspects of the day but I wanted to add my slides and a perspective on the discussion.
A topic that interests me is the relationship [...]
Web-scalable narratives
As we build larger and larger websites it becomes increasingly difficult to scale meaningful user journeys. Success is dependent on indentifying your key user journeys (narrative structures) and ensuring these can be dynamically populated as the site grows.
Some of the largest and most successful websites have taken simple narrative structures and made them scale [...]
URL’s for Information Architects
Deanna Marbeck and I presented recently at the EuroIA conference in Amsterdam. The research has come on since then building on the anecdotal evidence we presented it. We hope to publish a white paper later in the year with the full research findings.
URL Design for Information Architects
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