Information Mapping
Information Mapping is a technique how to structure information for maximum readability.
Information MappingTM is a trademarked methodology for writing and structuring content. It was developed by Robert Horn, a researcher at Harvard and Columbia Universities, in 1967. The overall process of Information Mapping consists of three major steps: analysis, organization, and presentation.
It was implemented in the 1960s and the 1970s by the US Department of Defence (DoD), and companies like Digital Equipment, e.g. for structuring computer manuals.
It can easily be applied to all Wikipedia/Wikimedia projects.
Domains
[edit]Analysis, organization, and presentation
Principles
[edit]- keep it simple, build a hierarchy
- start with important things
- pay attention to the reader
Structure
[edit]- headers
- paragraphs
- lists
- maximum 5+2 items in list
- tables
- images
- keep information sorted (by label, by date, by importance)