RE: [xtm-wg] Merging proposals uploaded

["Kal Ahmed" <kal@ontopia.net>]

Yes...well, sort of yes - to be useful you still need to be able to make
globally (in the scope of xtmdoc) unique identifiers, and to resolve
references between packaged topic maps (without requiring the package reader
to go to the original source of the packaged tm). Hence the modifications to
the content model of xtmdoc. I think that with these modifications (or
something like them), what you want to do will be possible and I can think
of usecases where such a facility would be useful. I think my real point is
that **without** those modifications, you would not be really solving the
packaging problem.

Kal

PS I can see techquila.com becoming a 'topic map merging service' ... send
me your packages and I'll send you a single merged tm. Now I just have to
work out a pricing structure ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Hunting [mailto:sam_hunting@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 19 October 2000 15:23
> To: xtm-wg@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] Merging proposals uploaded
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> [kal writes]
> > 3) A proposal for handling xtmdoc. ... [T]here is also a need for
> > ensuring that the packaging and unpackaging can actually be done
> > simply. ... BTW, I feel that packaging tms is a really weak argument
> > considering that the merging and scoping mechanisms can be trivially
> > combined to do tm packaging
>
> Packaging into xtmdoc is wicked simple, because it could be done with
> an XML editor, or even a text editor. One could, of course, use the
> usual entity mechanisms.
>
> Contrariwise, packaging TM with a scoping and merging mechanism is not
> wicked simple, because it cannot be done with an XML editor or text
> editor.
>
> Alternatively, I'm missing some subtle point obvious to all but me.
>
> S.
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