[sc34wg3] A new idea for the Topic Maps standard
Sam Hunting
sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:40:55 -0500 (EST)
[lars]
> | Mind you, you could use that to make almost any ML "Topic Map
> | compatible", but that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
>
> Definitely not. :)
See my presentation in early 2002 at:
http://www.etopicality.com/public_presentations/KT_2002/index.html
for a presentation on making topic maps "omnivorous with respect to
syntax", thereby enabling topic maps to "embrace and extend" ;-) any form
of knowledge interchange based on "inherent topic map information".
Sam Hunting
eTopicality, Inc.
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