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#19850
Designing Usable Forms: The Three-Layer Model of the Form 
Why do people say 'I’m not good with forms' or 'I don’t like forms' when a form is only a piece of paper, or a screen, with some printing on it? There must be something special about forms that inspires these comments. The 'three-layer model” considers forms from three points of view: perceptual (layout), conversational (questions and answers) and relationship (the structure of the task). Analysing a form using the three layers helps to un-pick its problems, and to suggest ways of making it more usable.
Jarrett, Caroline. STC Proceedings (2000). Design>Information Design>Forms
#13357
Designing Web Ads Using Click-Through Data
Search engine ads are one type of Web advertising that can actually work. To create the best ads, do quick experiments and redesign ads based on usability principles for online writing. Doing so helped us increase ad click-through by 55 to 310 percent.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2002). Design>Web Design>Information Design>Usability
#27633
Designing Your Own XML Schema: Learn the Essentials
This is the first article in a series which guides you in designing XML Schemas right from the basics without any hurdles.
Chaterjee, Jagadish. Dev Articles (2006). Articles>Information Design>Databases>XML
#26336
The first blog network exclusively for creative professionals, by creative professionals, and driven by passion. Beginning with nine Topics ranging from Graphic Design and Illustration through Creative Culture and Strategy, Designorati’s mission of reporting on all professional creative disciplines and concerns is well underway. In time Designorati will encompass Topics representative of all areas of professional creativity, written some of the most passionate people working in those areas.
Designorati (2005). Design>Information Design
#26343
Designorati:In-House is intended as a resource and road map for creative professionals working from within the corporate office structure to communicate your company’s message to the outside world. With few direct resources available for the in-house designer, Designorati:In-House will try to fill that gap by collecting and commenting on issues most important to the corporate creative. In-house designers are hired because of their strong conceptual sense and ability to execute the needs of the company more efficiently than the person requesting the project. Producing effective design on little direction while meeting shortening deadlines can be daunting, so Designorati:In-House will focus on providing or pointing to solid articles which can make the job easier. Managing your own projects or dealing with micromanagers without losing your cool, finding inspiration between the walls of your cubicle, sharing and learning from your peers online or in the break room, even troubleshooting your computer (or your neighbor’s iPod) are all subjects Designorati:In-House will address.
Litvak, Vadim. Designorati (2005). Design>Information Design
#22774
How can I tell if JBIG2 compression was used on my PDF file?
Rosenthol, Leonard. PDFzone (2004). Articles>Information Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#18834
Developing an Information Strategy
The role of the technical communicator has been changing dramatically over the past few years. Gone are the days when hefty user manuals are considered desirable. Technical communicators must now think of ways of building intuitiveness into products to obviate the need for reams and reams of hard copy documentation. This understanding forms the basis for developing an information strategy.
Florsheim, Stewart J. STC Proceedings (1997). Design>Documentation>Information Design
#23115
Developing and Creatively Leveraging Hierarchical Metadata and Taxonomy
In content metadata and hierarchies, you will often find a goldmine of implicit and explicit data that you can leverage to creatively contextualize content. After a brief introduction on taxonomy and metadata, this article focuses on finding and utilizing such relationships in hierarchies.
Ricci, Christian. Boxes and Arrows (2004). Design>Web Design>Information Design>Metadata
#20895
Wireframes: At once a singular composition and a collaborative expression, communicating the vision of both an individual and a team. As a result, they can be stacked with an enormous amount of detail. Are we becoming victims of information pollution in our own wireframes?
Danzico, Liz. Boxes and Arrows (2003). Design>Information Design>Web Design
#30013
Devilish Details: Best Practices in Web Design
Visual and interaction design for successful e-commerce Web sites and Web-based applications requires meticulous attention to detail. Because the smallest matters can ruin the user experience, an orderly process--such as usage-centered design--guided by robust principles is needed; iterative testing and repetitive redesign is inadequate to find and address all the diverse matters needing attention. This paper reviews basic principles and then surveys best practices in the detailed aspects of Web design in three broad areas: details of architecture or organization, details of interaction design, and details relating to commercial activity, especially shopping. Specific recommendations in each area are offered as examples of best practices based on usage-centered principles.
Constantine, Larry L. Constantine and Lockwood (2003). Design>Web Design>Information Design>Interaction Design
#20107
Digital Architectures: SGML, HTML, Multimedia and the Structure of Electronic Documents
With the use of online multimedia communication growing daily, online technologies have dramatically changed the ways we use and present information -- so much so, that we also need to have new theories and models for understanding how technology and content are related in this new communication environment. This paper presents a theory of digital architecture and explains how SGML, HTML, and Information Architecture are related in the creation of a new online literacy and rhetoric.
Heba, Gary M. STC Proceedings (1996). Design>Multimedia>Information Design
#26349
Digital Facsimiles on CD-ROM: A Potential Solution to the Interlibrary Loan of Rare Books 
Despite the approval, nearly ten years ago, of the ACRL Guidelines for the Loan of Rare Materials, few special collections departments regularly loan materials to other universities. For the researcher, obtaining rare books and manuscripts (or copies of the same) via interlibrary loan continues to be difficult if not impossible. The last ten years have shown a phenomenal growth in the production and marketing of digital facsimiles of rare books. This article examines research on digital facsimile CD-ROM collection patterns and presents the results of a survey on interlibrary loan lending practices in an effort to understand the impact that CD-ROMs may have on interlibrary loan and access to rare materials.
Visser, Michelle. Journal of Interlibrary Loan (2004). Articles>Information Design>Publishing
#28877
Digital Libraries: Still a Long Way to Go 
Apart from implementing the right technology, libraries need a clear understanding of changing user requirements, the capabilities and limitations of emerging technologies, and the changing nature of scholarly communication.
Kudesia, Saurabh. International Journal for Technical Communication (2007). Articles>Information Design>Databases
#29269
The Dimensions of Information Architecture
A quest for a layered model that helps us understand and leverage the unique qualities of various information architecture components.
#24770
Disease Classification and the Organization of Large-Scale Web Sites
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been employed by the world's public health officials to chart the nature, frequency, and geographic origins of diseases and causes of death in human populations since the late nineteenth century. The ICD has been modified every decade since the 1890s, and a study by Bowker and Star of these changes, in concert with the work of others on the practices employed in information mapping, can be used to better understand the organization of large-scale web sites. Specifically, web designers must adapt classification schemes to fit multiple social worlds. Additionally, we need to understand that these systems can become so entrenched in our thinking that they become "invisible," thus undermining our ability to adapt them as future needs or insights arise.
Applen, J.D. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication (2001). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>Biomedical
#29589
Displaying ADO Retrieved Data with XML Islands
An XML data island is a piece of well-formed XML embedded into an HTML file. This article will show you how to retrieve data in an XML format from a database using ADO; you will also learn how to bind this data into an HTML document.
Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. Dev Articles (2006). Articles>Information Design>XML>XHTML
#29287
If you line DocBook and DITA up, I think DITA can point to four technical differences that are arguably features in its favor.
Walsh, Norman. DITA for DocBook. Articles>Information Design>DocBook>DITA
#27048
The DITA Knowledge Base pages provide a reliable basis of technical and educational information on the standard.
XML.org (2006). Resources>Information Design>XML>DITA
#29285
#29391
DITA Users is a membership organization that includes: individuals learning DITA; organizations moving to single-source authoring and multi-channel publishing; vendors of XML Editors and XML Content Management Systems.
#26179
DITA: What You Need To know about the Darwin Information Typing Architecture
The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is a hot topic among those who author, edit, deliver and manage content. But adopting a standard architecture is an important decision that requires up front research and knowledge of the pitfalls. Find out if DITA is right for your organization. Read this whitepaper to learn more (PDF).
Manning, Steve. Rockley Group, The (2005). Articles>Information Design>Metadata>XML
#27916
The abbreviation DITA stands for 'Darwin Information Typing Architecture', an information architecture based on XML. DITA is not a mere reinvention of the wheel: rather, it sets the standards for known structuring requirements. The most striking feature of this architecture is the clear orientation towards a technology for structuring, which has already proved its worth in online documentation.
Closs, Sissi. tekom (2006). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
#29401
A gathering place for information about DITA.
#28259
Diversity is Power for Specialized Sites
Small websites get less traffic than big ones, but they can still dominate their niches. For each question users ask, the Web delivers a different set of sites to provide the answers.
Nielsen, Jakob. Alertbox (2003). Articles>Web Design>Information Design
#28147
Do Internet Users Want Deep Content or Immediate Gratification?
For a long time I have been an advocate of quality content on web sites. And now I am conducting an experiment that pitches quality content against immediate gratification.
Usborne, Nick. Excess Voice (2006). Articles>Information Design>Web Design>Writing
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