Re: [topicmaps-comment] TMs & XTM [Was: skills to create topic maps]

[Robert Barta <rho@bigpond.net.au>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:02:37PM +0000, Tony.Coates@reuters.com wrote:
> On 28/12/2001 04:09:33 Robert Barta wrote:
> >XTM is in my view unsuitable for authoring. There is a good reason why
> >text-oriented formats like
> >
> >   http://www.ontopia.net/download/ltm.html
> >   http://topicmaps.bond.edu.au/astma/astma.html
> >
> >(and maybe others) exist as our experiments have shown. On average, the quality
> >of a AsTMa= student maps is considerable higher than of maps written in XTM.
> >I'm not convinced whether graphical development environments really speed up
> >authoring.
> 
> For most users, I would expect a "graphical" editor, based on some sort of 
> template system that restricts what you can do so that the interface is more 
> focussed on the job at hand, to be infinitely more useful than a text editor 
> with even the best textual topic map format.

This is also the thinking here and we will look into existing development environments
(or just build them ourselves) eventually.

> PS  At this time of year, I wish I was staying at the Gold Coast myself.

We have 45+ degrees here. Probably better where you are. Maybe not. (:-)))

> Good luck to you, mate.

C'ya.

\rho