Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

June 13, 2010

What Information Goes With Your Subject? Exercise

Filed under: Exercises,Marketing,Topic Maps — Patrick Durusau @ 7:19 pm

A print index does not organize all the information about a subject in one location. It doesn’t even organize all the information in your personal book collection about a subject in one location. It organizes all the information in one book about a subject in one location.

We are no longer subject to that constraint.

But the question is: Without any artificial barriers, what information should go with a subject?

Example: Online maps co-locate information about hotels, convenience stores, bars, etc. with physical locations.

That is a tiny number of the subjects that we see or read about in a week. What would you like to see with those subjects?

Exercise: Every day for the next two weeks, take pencil/pen and paper around with you. At least once per day, twice if you can manage it, write down a subject you want to know more about. Without stopping to think about difficulty, expense, etc., jot down 5 pieces of information you would like to see with that subject.

Extra credit: For extra credit, rank in what order you would like to see the additional information.

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