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Subject: Re: [regrep-cc-review] What if? CCRIM => CCOWL


Chiusano Joseph wrote:

>Regarding OWL and Topic Maps: Lars Marius Garshol of Ontopia published a
>paper [3] (not dated but I'm quite sure it was written in 2002) titled
>"Living with topic maps and RDF" that you might find interesting.
>Although not about OWL, since OWL extends RDF some of the findings may
>be applicable to OWL as well. The paper's conclusion:
>
><Conclusion>
>The key lessons are that: 
>
>.....
>
>In short, it does appear that it is possible to live with both RDF and
>topic maps. 
></Conclusion>
>
>  
>
The question in my mind is not whether the two can co-exist, but why do 
we need both. What use cases are addressed by Topic Maps that are not 
addressed by OWL and do we need to support those use cases. Can someone 
offer some of these use cases with some simple real life examples?

--
Regards,
Farrukh



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