RE: [topicmaps-comment] occurences and modeling resources

[Howard Goldberg <HGoldberg@cstlink.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kal Ahmed [mailto:kal@techquila.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:37 AM
> To: Howard Goldberg; 'Lars Marius Garshol';
> topicmaps-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [topicmaps-comment] occurences and modeling resources

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> So, here are three possible modelling options, each of which has a 
> different end-result:
> 
> 1) If you want to name a resource or add meta-data to a 
> resource, or make 
> any other assertion about that specific resource in your 
> topic map, reify 
> the resource itself, by creating a topic which specifies the 
> resource URL 
> as its <subject>.
> 
> 2) If you want to make an assertion about the subject described by a 
> resource, reify the subject of the resource by creation a topic which 
> specifies the resource URL as one of its <subjectIndicator>'s
> 
> 3) If you want to make some assertions about a specific 
> topic-to-resource 
> relationship, reify the occurrence 'subject', by creating a 
> topic which 
> specifies the URL of the <occurrence> element as one of it's 
> <subjectIndicator>'s
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kal
> 
>
This is clear.  In experimenting with TMTab, it occurred to me that I would
like to describe resources once, and then reuse these resources to create
occurrences in other topics.  This requires a methodology for modelling
resources within the topic map, and a mapping process that creates
occurrences.  If I have a web page that appears in multiple languages, I
could reify the web page using a URI as the <subjectIndicatorRef> and create
scoped occurrences for each language using the URL of each particular page.
However, it would be a function of my authoring tool to support a method for
creating occurrences in other topics based on the reified resource. 

Regards,
Howard