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title: "Information Architecture: Organizing Chaos, Metadata, Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy, and the Dublin Core"
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# Information Architecture: Organizing Chaos, Metadata, Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy, and the Dublin Core

**Listen here:**

[Audio](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/shoesmithia.mp3)

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In this podcast, I talk with Kevin Shoesmith about information architecture and the challenge of organizing complicated websites. Kevin explains about the importance of metadata, providing user-driven organization, taxonomy vs. folksonomy, the [Dublin core](http://dublincore.org/), the usability of web menus. Music from [Podshow](http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=6e23a625689beac30d918af11e098a42). Check out [Kevin's blog](http://venncommunications.com/).