Organization Schemes Flashcards
Organization Schemes:
An organisation scheme defines the shared characteristics of content items and influences the logical grouping of those items. There are exact schemes and ambiguous schemes.
Exact Organization Schemes:
Chronological schemes:
Certain types of information lend themselves
to chronological organization. For example,
an archive of press releases might be
organized by the date of release..
Geographical schemes:
Place is often an important characteristic of
information. We travel from one place to
another
Alphabetical schemes:
An alphabetical organization scheme is the
primary organization scheme for
encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Ambiguous Organization Schemes:
Task-oriented schemes:
ask-oriented schemes organize content and
applications into collections of processes,
functions, or tasks..
Metaphor-driven schemes:
Metaphors are commonly used to help users
understand the new by relating it to the
familiar. Y.
Hybrid schemes: The power of a pure organization scheme derives from its ability to suggest a simple mental model that users can quickly understand.
Audience-specific schemes:
In cases where there are two or more clearly
definable audiences for a product or service,
an audience-specific organization scheme
may make sense..
Topical organization schemes:
Organizing information by subject or topic is
one of the most useful and challenging
approaches.