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Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] New language.xtm and country.xtm proposals
Holger wrote: > Hi Lars Marius, > > Thanks for this valuable work. I hope we could approve both > in Montréal. > > But I have a comment (in fact dealing with a simlar issue). > > You wrote: > > ... snip ... > > > > - the topic for language-code has been replaced by a topic for > > language, so that there now exists a well-defined PSI for language > > > > ... snip ... > > > > - the topic for country-code has been replaced by a topic for > > country, so that there now exists a well-defined PSI for country > > We discussed this in length in Austin and the group drew to the conclusion > that we cannot define what the language and what the country subjects are. > Furthermore, the subjects defined in language.xtm and country.xtm > are no languages > and no contries; the subjects are the codes ISO defined for some languages > and countries. That is why we had the topics language-code and > country-code > and my feeling is that they are correct (from a philosophical > point of view). > I wasn't present at the Austin meeting, but in looking at these proposed topic maps, I would be of the opinion that the topics are surrogates for countries and languages. It is the names that *are* the two and three letter code (as well as the English and French names), but the topics are suitable surrogates for countries and languages, and those codes are *used as* subject indicators, but IMHO the subject being indicated is the country/language in question. Cheers, Kal > Sorry, to tell you that at this late point in time, but I thought > SteveP would remind you. > > Cheers, > --Holger > > -- > Dr. H. Holger Rath > - Director Research & Development - > empolis * GmbH > Bertelsmann MOHN Media Group > > > To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@yahooGroups.com > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > xtm-wg-unsubscribe@yahooGroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/2U_rlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@yahooGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@yahooGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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