What an information architect could learn from Plato

About how Plato's cave describes the core elements of object orientation, information architecture and the mental modeling of things.

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1. WHAT AN IA COULD LEARN BARCAMP HASSELT #BCHASSELT - OCTOBER 22, 2011 WOUTER WALGRAEVE - NASCOM FROM PLATO
2. HI! I AM WOUTER WALGRAEVE AND I WORK AT NASCOM
3. PLATO INFORMATION ARCHITECT
4. ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE PLATO’S THEORY OF FORMS
5. PLATO INFORMATION ARCHITECT NEO INFORMATION ARCHITECT
6. WHAT DO YOU SEE?
7. WHAT DO YOU SEE?
8. ALL OBJECTS WE RECOGNIZE AS “CHAIRS”
9. A CHAIR THE CHAIR
10. A THING THE OBJECT
11. AN INSTANCE AN OBJECT EVERYTHING WE SEE IS   OF  
12. MATERIAL STRUCTURE VIEW OBJECT PERCEPTION OF AN   IS LAYERED IN  
13. DATA LOGICS INTERFACE OBJECT TRANSLATED INTO IT LINGO…  
14. OBJECT ORIENTATION MULTI-TIER THINKING THAT’S THE CORE OF   AND  
15. VALUES LOGICS INTERFACE OBJECT CONCEPT  
16. ATTRIBUTES BUSINESS METHODS INTERFACE METHODS INSTANCE:CLASS UML (KINDA) STYLE  
17. OBJECT » APPLICATION WITH OBJECTS, WE MODEL APPLICATIONS.  
18. DATA BUSINESS LOGICS USER INTERFACE APPLICATION 3-TIER THINKING  
19. OBJECT » APPLICATION » SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE APPLICATIONS LIVE IN SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES  
20. DATABASE API WEBAPPS SOA 3-TIER THINKING  
21. DATABASE API WEBAPP SOA HTML, CSS, JS JS JSON, XML REST, SOAP PHP, ROR SQL TABLES, RECORDS… RELATIONSHIPS DATA, VALUES 3-TIER THINKING   3-TIER THINKING   3-TIER THINKING  
22. MATERIAL STRUCTURE VIEW OBJECT ALL OUR IT BEST PRACTICE DESIGN PATTERNS ARE BASED ON PLATO’S OBJECT MODEL THINKING  
23. OBJECT ORIENTATION IN INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
24. THESE ARE ALL BLOCKS. ARE THEY ORDERED BY SHAPE, COLOR OR HEIGHT?  
25. BLOCK THIS IS OUR OBJECT.  
26. BLOCK COLOR SHAPE HEIGHT WITH ITS TAXONS.  
27. RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW ROUND SQUARE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE 1 3 5 2 4 BLOCK COLOR SHAPE HEIGHT AND ITS TAXON TERMS.  
28. OBJECT TAXONOMY YOU CAN DEFINE AN   USING  
29. RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW ROUND SQUARE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE 1 3 5 2 4 BLOCK COLOR SHAPE HEIGHT YOU CAN FILTER A SET OF OBJECTS BY NAMING A TAXON TERM.  
30. “SHOW ME ALL THE BLUE, ROUND BLOCKS OF HEIGHT 2”  
31. RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW ROUND SQUARE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE 1 3 5 2 4 BLOCK COLOR SHAPE HEIGHT WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM, YOU CREATE A FACET OF OBJECTS.
32. CAN YOU IDENTIFY OTHER TAXONS?  
33. MATERIAL WOOD TYPE PAINTED RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW ROUND SQUARE TRIANGLE RECTANGLE 1 3 5 2 4 BLOCK COLOR SHAPE HEIGHT A TAXONOMY CAN ALWAYS BE EXPANDED WITH OTHER TAXONS, ADDING MORE DETAILS & IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS TO THE OBJECT.  
34. INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DEFINING HOW YOU LOOK AT OBJECTS SO,   IS   AND THAT’S WHAT I LEARNED FROM…  
35. PLATO INFORMATION ARCHITECT
36. API  vs  prototypes  &  applica2es   LIKED IT?
37. TWITTER ME: @WOUTERWALGRAEVE LINKEDIN: …/WOUTERWALGRAEVE
38. HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ELVIS1967 HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/GALESSA HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MADDCOVV WHUFFIES TO
39. NASCOM INFO@NASCOM.BE @NASCOM ON TWITTER