Re: [xtm-wg] The case against the TNC

[Geir Ove Grønmo <grove@ontopia.net>]

* Geir Ove Grønmo
| I agree that this is how a computer and a user would be able to
| interact by using the knowledge stored in topic maps.
| 
| Much of the problem in discussing the TNC is that it's not just about
| disambiguating names, which is the assumption people seem to have. All
| of the above examples are not really trying to disambigute the names,
| but rather the topics to which the names are connected. This is
| important.
| 
| In the examples _all_ [ambiguous - or not] names of a given topic
| would have the same disambiguating themes! The themes are not specific
| to a single name, but should apply to all names of that topic. 
| 
| These themes used are describing/qualifying the topic - not the name.

This all makes me think that the concept of [name] scope (themes) is
overloaded. Scope now seem to be used for two different purposes,
namely describing intrinsic and extrinsic properties of the name:

 1. Intrinsic properties: it is used to describe what a name is (type
    of name), e.g. full name, acronym or maiden name.

 2. Extrinsic properties: it is used to disambiguate identical names
    of different topics by describing the _topic_, e.g. city, hero, 
    Texas or France.

The twofold meaning is extremely unfortunate, especially since the
specification doesn't explicitly explain these two different meanings.

Geir O.


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