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Subject: [humanmarkup] TopicMaps Published Subjects TC Liaison/Joint Committee
HI Everyone, I thought I would suggest that we form an official liaison between our HumanMarkupTC and Topic Maps Published Subjects TC in order that we ensure our respective work is compatible at the least and well-integrated at best. Also we in HumanMarkup need to be informed about how topic maps will operate and whether the rules for establishing relationships between topic areas will be hard and fast or more loose in terms of what is allowable. We also need to understand what relationships actually mean. What exactly is an association? How is it defined. How is it established. When is it susceptible to being merged into a larger category that includes topics formerly related only by association? I would like to invite members of the topicmaps discussion to have a look at our document: HM.frameworks which attempts to systematically describe the ontological frameworks within which are contained taxonomies we have gathered for use in HumanMarkup and that might well be thought of as related topics suitable for mapping purposes. That document can be found at: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/humanmarkup/documents/HM.frameworks.txt Please note that this document is text-only with no line breaks, in order to facilitate later formatting for formal use, so it is best to save it onto a local system and open it in a word processing program for easier readability. I am only subscribed to the topicmaps-comment list, and not personally committed to joining the topicmaps TC, since I am very busy with HumanMarkup and have planned to be personally involved in a similar liaison task with the Web Services Component Model TC. I do not wish to speak for anyone, but I have brought this proposal up with a few individuals within our group, and it is not yet clear that anyone will actually be able to step forward and undertake the task of attempting to form an official liaison. I hope so, though, as I consider the work involved with my own plans, I am acutely aware of just how time consuming and difficult such a task can be. However, I do think it is important. Ciao, Rex -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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