Clustering Content
These issues for clustering content in a navigation structure
are presented in chapter 5 of Rosenfeld and Morville.
Challenges
Here are some reasons why clustering content in a navigation
structure is difficult:
- Ambiguity
- Heterogeneity
- Differences in perspectives
- Internal politics
Categorization schemes
Exact categorization schemes leave little doubt as to where
content items should be placed whereas ambiguous categorization
rely on the user's judgment.
Exact categorization schemes
- Alphabetical
- Chronological
- Geographical
Ambiguous categorization schemes
- Topic
- Task
- Audience
- Metaphor
- Hybrid
Organization structures
- Hierarchy
- Database
- Hypertext
Last modified: Tue Oct 14 12:18:31 Central Daylight Time 2003