Re: [xtm-wg] ANN: AsTMa, yet another Topic Map notation, but....

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

Robert Barta wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 05:35:15PM -0700, Murray Altheim wrote:
> > Robert Barta wrote:
> > >
> > >   http://topicmaps.bond.edu.au/astma/
> 
> > Are you aware of Linear Topic Map (LTM) notation, developed by Lars Marius
> > Garshol of Ontopia? It seems a shame to expend more energy in the creation
> > of yet another simplified authoring syntax, given that an LTM-to-XTM
> > converter is already available.
> 
> Of course I had and would not have wasted our time reinventing a wheel
> if I would not have thought that there is room for improvement.

Ah, just wondering if you were indeed aware of it.
 
> As Lars was concerned adopting some approaches into LTM 1.x, I thought
> it worth to give it an independent try. I was discussing with Lars this
> issue  extensively and our understanding was - Lars correct me in case -
> that there is room for another language and time/support will tell.

Well, this is exactly the same reason I wrote my own LTM processor rather
than use Ontopia's. I also ended up extending LTM 1.0 slightly rather than
rewriting it (adding the ability to express several XTM features), but 
"innovation" takes many forms and I'm certain that XTM is new enough to 
allow a whole lot of experimentation...  

Murray

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Murray Altheim                         <mailto:murray.altheim&#x40;sun.com>
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