The interdependence of the structure, information and presentation dimensions
Categorised under: Information architecture, Interface design, Usability & user-centered design
Peter J. Bogaards has written an article on the three aspects of documents: structure, information and presentation. To quote:
Every paper and digital document shares three basic dimensions: structure, information and presentation. Although these dimensions are always interwoven, some people in the digital world mostly focus on document structures (e.g. information architects), some on the information they contain (e.g. marketers and writers/editors) while others specialize in the (interactive) presentation aspects (e.g. visual designers and Flash developers). The mutual dependence and interaction of these dimensions is the next level of design and does not regularly get the proper attention. In order to better understand the relationship between these dimensions, let us look at each of them separately, and how they inter-relate.
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