Designing Connected Content: Plan and Model Digital Products for Today and Tomorrow, First Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Acknowledgements
6. Contents
7. Foreword
8. Introduction
9. Let’s Get Connected
   1. 1 Designing From the Bottom Up
      1. New Model Army
      2. Structure Connects Content
      3. It’s Design All the Way Down
      4. Chapter by Chapter
      5. Climbing the Summit
   2. 2 Why We Need a New Way of Approaching Digital Content
      1. Does This Sound Familiar?
      2. Take a Step Back
      3. A New Approach
   3. 3 Understanding Structured Content
      1. Setting Content Free
      2. What Is Structured Content?
      3. Moving Toward Structured Content
      4. Using Structured Content
      5. Go Forth and Create Structure
10. Structuring Content
    1. 4 Researching the Subject Domain
       1. Where Do We Begin?
       2. Deconstructing Subjects
       3. Getting Started
       4. Talking to the Users
       5. Overcoming Objections
       6. Defining Problems Before Solutions
    2. 5 Creating a Domain Model
       1. How Do We Make the Connections?
       2. Connecting Concepts
       3. Forming Meaningful Relationships
       4. Breaking Down a Model
       5. Modeling Is Teamwork
       6. Using the Sticky Note Method
       7. Agreeing on Your Domain
       8. Finding a Ubiquitous Language
       9. Establishing Cardinality
       10. Knowing When to Stop
       11. Bringing In Experts
       12. Who Uses the Model?
       13. More Examples
       14. Modeling for the Future
    3. 6 Translating to a Content Model
       1. Content vs. Expression
       2. From Domain Model to Content Model
       3. From Objects to Content Types
       4. Reconnecting to Form the Content Model
       5. How the Content Model Is Used
11. Publishing Content
    1. 7 Designing Connected Content
       1. UX for Content
       2. Constructing Content Resources
       3. Prepare Your Content
       4. Filling In the Blanks
       5. Content First, Content Only
    2. 8 Implementing Connected Content
       1. From Theory to Reality
       2. Content Management and the CMS
       3. Content Types—The Technical Side
       4. Taxonomy—A Quick Note
       5. Content Creation
       6. Assemble the Implementation Team
       7. Everything Is Connected
    3. 9 Bringing Your Content to Life
       1. Designing with Content
       2. Planning Your Templates
       3. Designing Templates
       4. Designing Navigation
       5. Being Everywhere
       6. Stable Structure, Creative Content
       7. Looking Back
12. The Future
    1. 10 The Future Isn’t Waiting 201
       1. Real Talk
       2. Convincing Your Boss
       3. Making This Happen
       4. Measuring Success
       5. It’s Just Information Architecture
       6. Linking Data
       7. What’s Next?
13. Index
14. Code Snippets