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Subject: Re: [tm-pubsubj] Re: Country.xtm PSI; also proposed region.xtm PSI


At 12:22 PM 1/9/02 +0100, Steve Pepper wrote:
>At 17:12 08/01/02 -0800, Murray Altheim wrote:
>>I can't remember the exact discussion that resulted in the creation of
>>the PubSubj TC, but it strikes me as additional bureaucratic tangle to
>>create yet one more TC to deal with essentially an update of existing
>>XTM topic maps, when it's likely that the authors/editors of those
>>topic maps are already present in this TC. I would suggest we revisit
>>creation of a new TC and look at whether or not it's within the current
>>charter to perhaps tackle this. Creation of a new TC would seem to only
>>provide additional delays in getting work on the updates on the table.
>
>I think correcting and updating country and language could be done either 
>way, provided it is done quickly.

Yes,  I would really like this to move forward as soon as possible but also 
do it thoughtfully, which was missing from my original post (sorry Murray). 
I was under the impression that the TM pubsubj TC was going to tackle the 
language and country PSIs and other generic ones and that subcommittees 
could possibly be set up to handle PSIs in the category of "vertical 
industry" types. We still have two prospective members from the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on our "Members" page. They 
might possibly be interested in  a subcommittee like this or a new TC?

In http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tm-pubsubj/docs/questions.htm we have
2. How to ... ?
... from Topic Maps TC viewpoint ...
Q2 ... "Eat our dog food" by publishing and maintaining a set of core 
generic PSIs
-- Define core generic PSI set - generic topic, association and role types, 
countries, languages
-- Make it consistent with standard or widely-used general vocabularies, 
classifications and ontologies

  I think I rather like the idea of new TC to handle this. The new TC can 
the provide the "dog food" to be used by TM Pubsubj TC. If one TC can use 
examples from another TC, then a new TC is my choice. This would involved 
more meetings though. Maybe this is the way to go, to get things done.


>It could make sense to extend the charter of PubSubj to encompass these 
>two, on the grounds that they already have some kind of semi-official 
>existence and are themselves establishing a precedent for other sets of 
>published subjects. This really is the job of PubSubj, so by taking in 
>country and language, the existing TC would be neutralising a possible 
>competitor! Including country and language in the work of PubSubj would 
>also make sense from the point of view that PubSubj needs examples to use 
>during its discussions and to illustrate the results it arrives at. 
>Country and language would be eminently suitable for this purpose, since 
>they are very generic and generally useful across a very wide range of 
>topic maps.

I was not in Orlando, so I may have missed something about the 
semi-official existence. Just for clarification, The XTM dtd is now a 
normative annex of ISO 13250, as far as I understood. Does that include the 
core PSIs? Does it include  language and country PSIs? Since you are 
worried about a possible competitor, I wondered. I am still not clear about 
the IP issues.
  We really do need language and country  as  precedents for other sets of 
published subjects.  I wanted to start work on others, and region seemed 
the natural choice. The Dublin core elements are needed; so are others. I 
am really looking forward to getting the ball rolling.


>Of course, this means modifying the existing charter, but that is no more 
>work than creating a new one for a new TC.
>
>More important than the form the work should take is that we agree on the 
>nature of the work. I suggest therefore that this committee take the time 
>to discuss the "statement of purpose" for the work on country and 
>language. *If* we agree on what's needed, we can probably also agree on 
>how to go about doing it. Lars Marius, why don't you post your draft?

Lars, I'd like to see your draft too, Thanks.

Cheers,
Mary
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