Re: [topicmaps-comment] uml and topic maps

[Murray Altheim <murray.altheim@sun.com>]

Enrico Silterra wrote:
> 
> I know some work has been done on modelling XML schema
> and dtd's using UML.
> 
> Has anyone done any work modelling topic maps with
> UML?
> 
> At first glance, a topic map seems to correspond to
> some sort of object diagram - while a topic map
> schema seems to correspond to a class diagram.
> 
> Does this seem to align with what other people think?
> Thanks.

There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the use of UML, and 
various models have been created. If you take a look at Annex B of the 
XTM 1.0 Specification [CM] you'll find UML diagrams. These are the end
product of the Conceptual Modelling subgroup of the TopicMaps.Org 
Authoring Group, the organization that wrote the XTM spec. 

Murray

[CM] XTM 1.0 Annex B. "XTM Conceptual Model"
     http://www.topicmaps.org/xtm/1.0/#conceptualmodel
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Murray Altheim                         <mailto:murray.altheim&#x40;sun.com>
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