RE: [xtm-wg] XTM-ISS Important XLink difference in DTDs

["Dale Hunscher" <dale@supportability.com>]

You have expressed my thoughts too with your message. That's why I have been
reluctant to speak up. What we need may not be met by topic maps, but that
does not mean that topic maps need to change; it simply means we must be
open to the idea that we need to draw from more than one standard, and in
any case extend them to meet our needs.

The wonderful thing about XML is that it is so easy to "do your own thing"
and still have at least portions of your work in compliance with important
standards. As long as the interchange aspects of the system can be made
compatible with agreed-on standards, we can interoperate with business
partners. What we need to do internally is an entirely separate matter, and
can extend the standard in any way necessary.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikita Ogievetsky [mailto:nogievet@cogx.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:39 AM
To: xtm-wg@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] XTM-ISS Important XLink difference in DTDs


 Dale, Ronald,

I think there is some misunderstanding here...
At this point topic maps provide
an excellent way to describe metadata over metadata.
It is not intended to be a general purpose markup language!
But it is a perfect match for categorical indexing, concordance, etc.

You may argue (I am with you here) that a standard way
for expressing properties of resources in topic maps could be extremely
beneficial.(such as probability weights, percentage, prescription details,
etc.)
But should it be part of XTM specification or should it be a part of some
external standard?

And this is why I see "Topic Maps/RDF co-operation" so exciting.

However, there are ways to express qualifiers at the present state by means
of facets or by addressing (external or internal) information objects with
occurrence locators.

Cheers,

Nikita Ogievetsky
http://www.cogx.com
nogievet@cogx.com
(917)406-8734
Consultant in XML/XSLT/Xlink/TopicMaps




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