[drupal-docs] Information Architecture: Labelling discussion for the Drupal Documentation team

[Charlie Lowe]

Afternoons and evenings are best for me.

Charlie

Kieran Lal wrote:
> Hi, I have been in contact with Bob Goodman from www.*uxnet*.org.  He 
> was advising me regarding labeling for Drupal.  He has agreed to spend 1 
> hour in IRC discussing labeling for Drupal.  Bob is a new Dad so his 
> time is especially precious right now.
> 
> Dries, Charlie et. al, please advise on your availability.
> 
> I am attaching a note Bob sent me regarding labeling when this discussion 
> 
> Cheers,
> Kieran
> 
> Hi, Kieran.
> 
> Terminology is often a hard issue since language itself is so flexible and
> open to differnet interpretations. I have done in-person "Listening Labs"
> one on one with users to test different terms as well as have users try and
> "treasure hunt" through a directory with nothing more than high-level
> categories to go on.
> 
> I understand that CivicSpace is looking for distributed testing models. I
> wonder if you might be able to create an online survey for some of your
> target users (or you could send them an interactive PDF to fill out and send
> back...) I am thinking of a question along these lines:
> 
> You are hoping to add functionality to your CivicSpace community to let
> users create an online calendar. Under which section name would you be most
> likely to look?
> 
> A. Functions
> B. Applications
> C. Features
> D. Modules
> E. Nodes
> F. Widgets
> D. Tools
> 
> In the absence of specific user input, I would simply try to survey the
> landscape to see what other external "language context" or "language
> standards" you can leverage, in both OSS and the commercial realm.
>