Modeling Content

This topic is part of the ConstructivistGlossary for this wiki. Recall that the description of the term discussed here is contextual.

Using InteractionDesignFall08 to design a collaborative information resource (e.g,, a wiki) emphasizes the ever evolving situated self-defined purposes of the resource's users and their situated information needs over categories of users and information.

In such a design, a traditional DataModel? is clearly insufficient to model the content in the resource. Behavior is, by design, extremely fluid, and should be a TransparenT? as possible. ContentModels are intended to address just such issues. The Fedora Content Models for Indiana University's Digital Library project are a good example. Our wiki's Sense-Making Content Model is another.