Re: [xtm-wg] please let ISO define the "isness" of topic maps

[Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@garshol.priv.no>]

* Eric Freese
|
| However as I understand it, the current plan (and please provide
| details if I'm incorrect on some of the points) is to publish only
| the XTM DTD in the next update to the ISO standard, not any degree
| of explanation of the differences between the concepts in XTM and
| those in 13250.

This is my understanding as well.

| For example, XTM has resources and subject indicators and several
| other things that ISO currently doesn't; ISO has facets, XTM
| doesn't, but purports to be able to model the same types of
| information.  Will that kind of information be added to the
| standard?  I was led to believe that it wasn't at this time.

Not in Annex C, no. Work has already started on the data model +
processing models which will provide what you ask for, but it has not
yet decided when and how this will go into the standard.
 
| All I've been saying throughout this discussion is that until ISO
| does fully define the "isness" of XTM, the XTM spec cannot and
| should not go away, warts and all.

Agreed.

--Lars m.


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