Re: [xtm-wg] Our ontology (was Merging proposals uploaded)

[Jack Park <jackpark@verticalnet.com>]

Peter brought to mind an observation I had while in Swindon. It was this. In
our dialog back and forth, we tend to be, IMmostHO, a spot sloppy in our
choice of words.  I don't recall how many times I heard the words *context*
or *domain* used when describing the concept *scope*.  Peter now introduces
*modules* and *larger scheme of things* which, I believe, refers to notions
we discussed related to having topic maps contain topic maps, ala:
    <!element topicmap ( topic | topicmap )* > as suggested (if I rightly
recall) by Murray at one point in the discussion.

As potential editor of a potential book on Topic Maps, I wish to
respectfully suggest that we begin at once the task of compiling a glossary
of *standard* terms we will try to use regularly when describing what we are
thinking.

Speaking quite personally here, I have never much cared for the word
*scope*; I suppose that what little mathematician there is in me would like
to get back to the notions of *domain* and *range*.

Naturally, he who opens his mouth ought to step up to the plate. I will be
happy to accumulate both any debate and the results of same over a
standardized ontology.

My $0.02 euros for the day
Jack Park
From: Peter Jones <peterj@wrox.com>

> As part of the argument that the xtmdoc element permits rapid packaging...
>  The big gain I can see here is if you have a set of topic maps that are
> 'modules' in a larger scheme of things. If I want to rapidly package
> different sets of modules based on varying system parameters (Bob on
Friday
> wants a different map from Bob on Wednesday night because the accounts
will
> have been processed on Thursday; Julie follows a similar time pattern but
> requires different but overlapping data sets; and so forth).
> I think that this is quite a strong argument (IMmostHO).
>
> Peter



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