[sc34wg3] Agenda for August 11th

[Michel Biezunski]

Steve Pepper and al.,

> As you know, WG3 has a meeting scheduled in Montréal for Saturday
> August 11th. The meeting will focus on topic maps and related work.

>> In order to prepare an agenda, I need to know:
>
> * which of the editors and proposed editors of 13250, TMQL, and
>   TMCL will be present (we already know Daniel won't be)
> * what y'all think our priorities should be
> * what each of us has as goals for the meeting

Steve Newcomb and I plan to be there.
Our goal for the meeting is to discuss the points that we have outlined
in the mail sent to the list and entitled:

"How Two Syntaxes Can Make One Standard".

We need to devote as much time as possible to this discussion, because
this is going to be key for the organization of the work of the core and
related standards.

Michel

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>
> The status of the various projects is as follows:
>
> * ISO 13250:
>   - Proposal for an annex C (XTM DTD) should be out for balloting,
>     although I haven't seen anything from the Norwegian body yet.
>   - General agreement on the need for a data model/processing model
>     on which further work can be based (TMQL, TMCL, conceptual model)
>
> * TMQL (Topic Map Query Language):
>   - Accepted as new work item. Requirements document v.0.8.2 is
>     available at http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0227.htm
>   - Any significant further progress is dependent on the definition
>     of the data model
>
> * TMCL (Topic Map Constraint Language):
>   - Should be out for balloting as NWI. Initial requirements
>     document at http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0226.htm.
>     This document also includes some proposals for terminology,
>     a catalog of typical constraints, and a low-bar strawman
>     proposal.
>   - Further progress can be made on the requirements. Other progress
>     is dependent on the data model.
>
> * Conceptual model:
>   - Accepted as TR to 13250. Committee agreement in Berlin to put
>     this on ice until the data model has been finalised.
>
> As acting editor of TMCL I would like to spend about an hour going
> through N226 (see above), discussing the terminology proposals, the
> strawman, and the issue of principle relating to the pros and cons
> of using the topic map model itself to express constraints on topic
> maps.
>
> I assume the TMQL editors would also like the committee's feedback
> on their work.
>
> However, the key issue to be discussed seems to be that of the data
> model and/or processing model.
>
> Your comments, please. (Editors especially.)
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Steve Pepper, Chief Executive Officer <pepper@ontopia.net>
> Convenor, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG3  Editor, XTM (XML Topic Maps)
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