SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: [Sigia-l] is midwest, is not midwest
RE: [Sigia-l] is midwest, is not midwest
From: Frank Siraguso (Frank.Siraguso_at_digitalevergreen.com)
Date: Mon Apr 22 2002 - 12:37:23 EDT
The "gang of 12" leaves a hole in the shape of Nebraska ;)
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From: Truong, Kristen [mailto:ktruong_at_covisint.com]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:06 AM
To: sigia-l_at_asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] is midwest, is not midwest
Lucie said:
"By the way, your New England friends were correct about New England.
It's
the only region in America that has a precise, unequivocal, official
definition."
Not really true....
Alright... I'm not sure why I'm joining this tangential
discussion...Maybe it's because I'm a Midwesterner. I grew up in Ohio,
and now live in Michigan. These are both *officially* in the Midwest.
No matter what individuals' interpretations of what states are in the
Midwest, the states officially included are as clear as the states
included in New England.
There are 12 states in the midwest:
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
These are defined for geo-political reasons, which have been discussed
already. The federal government has, as well as academics, geographers,
and teachers have, clearly defined the midwest as these 12 states.
Probably, anyone FROM these states know that they are in the Midwest.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/midwest/midwestmap.htm
In an attempt to bring this discussion back to IA relevance...
Since a group of people (us) who presumably have a high level of
educational background do not seem to be able to agree on *officially*
and *clearly* defined categories, it is no wonder that there are little
agreed upon standards for categorizations in general. So, the question
then becomes, how do we accommodate for these differences for users?
Several options have been discussed. I was just wondering what are the
best ways of accommodating users who have different schemas for
categories? I've heard many mentioned...
-redundancy
-follow some "official" scheme
-follow some "logical" scheme
-faceted classification
-others?
In addition, is there great need for standardized classification
schemes? When are they valuable? When are they not?
Kristen Truong
Information Architect
Construct Team | Covisint
ktruong_at_covisint.com
Content Management Symposium, Chicago O'Hare Marriott, June 28 - 30.
See http://www.asis.org/CM
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