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Subject: Re: [tm-pubsubj-comment] Subject-Oriented Applications


[BV]
> > -- A subject-oriented application is any document, language, software, technology,
system
> > ... using abstract representations of subjects (e.g. called topics) as fundamental
> > objects.

[Murray]
> Yikes. Now you need to define "abstract representations of subjects"
> as well as "fundamental objects." This trail leads off into a jungle.

Agreed. I didn't pretend this definition proposal to be complete, effective and accurate.
Just an attempt in this direction.

> I understand the desire to extricate "topic maps" from these
> definitions, but I don't see that "subject-oriented application"
> is really an improvement, since it's too vague. Are topic maps
> "subject-oriented"? Is Encarta "subject-oriented"? I would tend
> to define these things in terms of what they *are* not how they
> might be used, and hence avoid needing to define the application
> at all.

So - what do you suggest?

Bernard






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