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parid2005
| Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:28:57
This RM4TM provides definition requirements for user-defined Topic
Map Applications that allow such definitions to serve as contracts
between topic map creators, users, and system implementers, such that
when the interchange or amalgamation of topic maps fails due to
nonconformance to the definition of a Topic Maps Application, the
nonconforming aspects of the topic maps or system implementations can be
identified.
The TMMM enables documenation and discovery of the rules used by
topic maps and topic map models to achieve the Subject Location
Uniqueness Objective. With that information, it is possible to determine
where a particular topic map model departs from the requirements to
achieve the SLUO, or the origin of failure when confronted with an error
in the interchange or merger of topic maps.
Contracts, real or implied, have nothing to do with discovery of nonconforming aspects of a topic may or a system. |