Re: [xtm-wg] XTM(P) Questions

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

> I understand that Sam Hunting ... is trying to revitalize energy 
> within the community

Not just me, Murray, fortunately! 

> The XTM Processing Model is an absolutely vital part of the topic map
> paradigm, not something to sweep under the carpet. The fact that your
> questions exist should point out that these types of
> misunderstandings should be addressed in a publicly available 
> specification. RDF tools cannot directly process XTM documents, 
> unless their developers create a "topic map layer" above the RDF 
> layer that conforms to the processing model required to turn XTM 
> documents into topic map "graphs." 

My personal view is that a lot of the problems "grokking" the PM as
delivered in DC were due to its perceived length and complexity. This
is an issue of editorial design that I hope to address. A radically
shortened version of the PM should lead to easier understanding. Of
course, there's no guarantee that understanding will lead to agreement
or even consensus, but it's a reasonable first step, and (in my
personal view) should form part of the baseline for the XTM Processing
Model Subgroup's work.

S.



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