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

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