Re: [xtm-wg] language.xtm

[Murray Altheim <altheim@eng.sun.com>]

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
> 
> * Murray Altheim
> |
> | Note that I'm also publishing (within I hope two to three weeks) a
> | second Technical Report entitled "Datatypes in XTM" which will
> | describe a method of incorporating typed data (i.e., data in a
> | specific notation) within a topic map, so that dates, date ranges,
> | temperatures, latitude and longitude, and other measurements can be
> | expressed.
> 
> This sounds like a valuable contribution to me, and I look forward to
> seeing the result. It might perhaps also be something for
> topicmaps.org to pick up and standardize? It may be that more
> practical experience with topic maps is needed before this can be done
> right, but it seems to me that this is something that will be needed
> at some stage.

In Austin we talked about altering the charter to allow the AG to publish
alternative types of specifications, namely "Technical Notes" (unapproved
documents that can be removed via a vote) and "Technical Reports" (documents
that must be approved by the AG prior to posting). I'm willing to submit
the work I'm doing as a Technical Report with the idea that the AG provide
feedback and eventually approve the document. I won't be inventing much
in the way of semantics, as I'm relying almost entirely on XML Schema
Datatypes, so I hope this won't be a difficult approval. And of course,
anyone who doesn't like it can *always* invent their own. Competition in
the marketplace of ideas is always the best way with a new technology to
find the best solution.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                            <mailto:altheim&#x40;eng.sun.com>
XML Technology Center
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      In the evening
      The rice leaves in the garden
      Rustle in the autumn wind
      That blows through my reed hut.  -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu

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