[sc34wg3] Re: RE: [sc34wg3] Individual contribution on the U.S. N.B. position onthe progress ion of Topic Map standards

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Hi,

to be precise: One part of the RM is that it specifies how
how merging rule definition specifications need to be written.

So, given the deployment of the Topic Maps paradigm to Web-
technology it might be desired to standardize an XML DTD for
defining merging rules. The RM tells you, what semantics this
DTD must have.

(In case anyone is interested: merging rules actually come done
to constraining the ranges of SIDPs, as in ("the range of the
SIDP 'SubjectIndicators' consists of disjoint sets").)

Jan




Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com> schrieb am 01.04.2004,
15:48:14:
> 
> Kal
> 
> > I believe that the four parts of ISO 13250 in progress at the moment
> > address all four of your points, but as you noted, there is currently no
> > way for an application to specify merging rules declaratively.
> 
> I'm not sure to understand what you mean by "specify merging rules declaratively", but it
> sounds to me a sort of paradox. From the recent thread about merging rules, what I
> understood was that the debate was about having or not merging rules *at all* in the core
> standard, since they are procedural specifications.
> 
> And seems to me that Jim's point is to ask for a RM which would contain only declarative
> semantics, and not procedural specification.
> 
> Jim, correct me if I am wrong, do you mean that in your opinion there should not be
> anything like merging rules defined in the RM ? (if this is the case, I fully agree with
> you)
> 
> Bernard
> 
> 
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