[sc34wg3] a new name for the Reference Model

[Ann Wrightson]

Looks promising to me.

Ann W.

Steve Pepper wrote:

You convinced me. Simplicity is a virtue as well. Let's
look at *these* two names side by side:

(1) Topic Maps Metamodel
(2) Topic Maps Information Set

(a) We seem to have agreed that the "RM" really is a model
     whose purpose is to allow the definition of other
     models (such as the "SAM") and that, as such, it is
     most accurately called a "Metamodel". Pretty much
     everyone seems to have overcome their fear of that
     term now.

(b) Using the term "Information Set" for the "SAM" is
     both accurate (since that's the formalism it uses)
     and self-explanatory -- at least for those who know
     the purpose of the XML Information Set, which I would
     say constitutes a large proportion of our audience
     for the "SAM" (as opposed to our audience for topic
     maps in general, of course). (This is also Good
     Marketing.)

(c) Avoiding the use of the term "Model" on its own for
     either model removes the confusion caused by the
     fact that *both* are models that happen to work at
     different levels.

Are we getting close now?

Steve

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