Comments on edit, retire, etc. -- Re: WAI Website IA Draft for Review

Hi all,

I've done a first round of comments -- not comprehensive, but I think important for Charlotte, James, Sharron, Brent, and all to have for planning next steps.

In the attached file, my comments are in the Comments column preceded with SLH:

Best,
~Shawn


On 7/1/2017 1:07 AM, Green, James wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> Here is everything for y'all to review prior to bringing it to the TF and WG.  Charlotte and I met whenever we could over the last few weeks so we are mostly in agreement, but it has evolved since she's seen it last so I expect she may have some feedback as well.
> 
> I've attached PDF, XLS, and HTML versions of the new IA (the PDF has a bit more info but you'll need to zoom in to see it).  This captures the new IA for your review.  Every item has a number or the word "New" in parenthesis after it.   Those numbers map to the XLS mentioned below for traceability back to the current sitemap.  The cross-links you'll see in the PDF are mostly there to allow us to have 2 paths to content that different personas would seek differently.  E.g., a Tips for Getting Started page in the newbie section used to be the Tips for Design, Writing, Dev landing page, but will be fleshed out more for beginners and include links to more info that lives in other sections, where it should actually live given our role-based mental model.  Likewise, newbies will want to know about Mobile, and we'll then cross-link to specifics about mobile in the role-based sections.  Last example, designers and developers would expect to find the quick ref in their sections, so we 
> provide links from their sections to its real home with the TRs.
> 
> WAI Sitemap to New IA.xls shows the old sitemap and my recommendation for every single page – keep, edit, retire, archive, rename, tersify, merge, etc…  AFAIK, this accounts for all of Charlotte's communications with Shawn and Sharron regarding what to do with content…This captures what must be done to get our content ready for the new site for your review.
> 
> I also mocked up a screen grab of Alicia's design to show how the top level nav would look – just for a quick feel.
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> Hope this email makes sense – it's been a long day…. :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James
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