Digitong Information Architecture Language

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Digitong Information Architecture Language
Digitong Technology

• By Pierre Lévy
• Canada Research Chair in Collective Intelligence
• University of Ottawa

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Reminder
Digitong Ideograms

• Digitong Ideograms are not rigid categories but
  semantic qualities.
• The semantic volume of Digitong Ideograms can be
  modulated.
• Digitong ideograms are combined to express the
  semantic addresses of documents, transactions,
  messages, actions and so on.

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ideograms
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Technical Functions Archetypes
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Tool
Container
Knot
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Measuring Instrument
Gift
Interface
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Toy
Prosthesis
Media
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Technical Functions Icons
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Tool
Container
Knot
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Measuring Instrument
Gift
Interface
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Toy
Media
Prosthesis
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Amplifying and structuring human work, the Tool
helps to build the World in its physical
dimension. From the knife-like silex to the
nuclear power plant, tools transform matter.
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TOOL
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The Containers technical function is to lengthen
the duration. The Container protects. Spoons,
plates, vases, safes, closets, amphoras, tanks,
silos, warehouses, boxes, wrapping, envelopes, CD
and hard discs save material data.
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Container
CONTAINER
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From textile to navigation, human beings are
experts in knots. The Knot carries the Space
function through technology. Ties, ropes, nets,
glues, cement, joints, arches, frames,
connections and construction materials of all
kinds extend and consolidate the physical medium
of human networks.
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KNOT
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The Gift conveys Society through the Thing
channel. From the First Nations potlach
economies to the world trade market exchanges,
from alms to public subventions, the circulation
and distribution of goods weave the social bond.
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GIFT
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The Interface moves from one sign to another
through a technical channel. It grants access to
the other side it opens, closes and
distributes. Doors, windows, crossroads,
switches, semiconductors, routers, telephones,
modems, automated translators and computers are
all interfaces. The Interface weaves society into
networks.
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Interface
INTERFACE
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Measuring instruments, sensors, registration
devices and recorders transfer information from a
state of things to signs. The Measuring
Instrument uses a technical function in order to
produce Truth. Measuring instruments are the
sensors of human society.
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MEASURING INSTRUMENT
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The Toy conveys Feelings via the medium of a
thing. Dolls and teddy bears, jewels and cars,
fetishes and transitional objects of all kinds
anchor our emotions in the material world.
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TOY
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Media is using things to bring Messages to
beings. Pages, screens, loudspeakers, billboards
and traffic lights, lighthouses and beacons,
monuments and façades carry language in the
physical universe.
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Media
MEDIA
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The Prosthesis enhances the Body with things.
All those things which replace, extend, transform
or fuel the human body are prostheses glasses,
false teeth, canes, crutches, wheelchairs,
artificial arms and pacemakers but also food,
drink, drugs, medicine, vitamins, shoes, heaters,
shelters and so forth. Together, prostheses
support and strengthen our bodies.
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PROSTHESIS
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Fuel Family
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Technical Functions Types
 Energy  cluster
Cutting piercing instruments
Heating device
Energy
Lever
Shop
Driving devices
Musical instrument
Detergents cleaning device
Weapon
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Technical Functions Types
 Recording  cluster
Fuel
Recording
Bags
Store
Filter
Meter
Security Safety devices
Food
Media Library
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Technical Functions Types
 Network  cluster
Glues and joints
City
Network
Crossroad
Building
Milestone
Clothes
Structure
Channel
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Technical Functions Types
 Common object  cluster
Bridges and roads
Product
Stock
Common object
Money
Object of science
Balls game pieces
Furniture
Public Place
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Technical Functions Types
 Transformer  cluster
Engine
Vehicle
Openings
Transformer
Laboratory
Computer
Lure
Remote control
Decoder
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Technical Functions Types
 Phenomenon  cluster
Clocks
Energy sensors
Compass
Receivers
Market
Phenomenon
Target
Screens
Opticals
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Technical Functions Types
 Fetish  cluster
Artwork
Treasure
Decor
Transitional objects
Gamefield
Medal
Fetish
Sexual Fetish
Jewels
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Technical Functions Types
 Cyberspace  cluster
Sound Lighting
Simulation
Archives
Film recording Studio
Transmitter
Software
Perfume
Drugs
Cyberspace
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Technical Functions Types
 Organ  cluster
Squeleton muscle
Hand
DNA
Nervous immune system
Mouth
Sense organs
Blood hormones
Sex
Organs
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Technical Functions Ideograms