[sc34wg3] Topics that represent other topics?

[Patrick Durusau]

Martin,

Sorry for the delay in returning to this thread.

Martin Bryan wrote:
> Patrick asked:
> 

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>>
>>That is to say that Martin's topic is not representing other topics, but
>>a subject that makes reference to other topics as part of its identity.
>>It is that subject that is being represented by Martin's topic and not
>>topics that are part of its identity.
> 
> 
> I was specifically targetting associations rather than topics because they
> have different characteristics. In particular they have direction. The
> discussion that is taking place on another thread re the parents of a child,
> and the fact that their roles are different is an indication of the problem.
> When talking about a relationship defined in an association you need to know
> which direction you are travelling. My children are different from my
> parents, but in both case the relationship between me and them is a
> parent/child relationship. Saying that there is a parent/child relationship
> between me and someone else is meaningless. Saying that I am the father of
> that child or the child of that father is meaningful. What I still hope for
> is that I can reify both an association and my role in the association to
> form a single topic (parent-child/father and parent-child/son). At present I
> don't think I can do this with TMDM.
> 

If there was an answer from the TMDM editors to your question I missed it.

Could someone point to the answer in the archive or post an answer?

It is certainly a subject within the definition of subject within ISO 
13250.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
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Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model

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