Re: [topicmaps-comment] TAO vs. ERA

[Kal Ahmed <kal@techquila.com>]

At 19:52 15/01/2002 -0500, Thomas B. Passin wrote:
>[Kal Ahmed]
>
> > Taking the first match is something that I often do when displaying topics
> > as well. However, sometimes it is better to present all strings (which are
> > in scope) as different users give the same subject different names - and
>so
> > they will be looking for the concept under their name for it, not yours.
> >
> > That is kind of the whole point of having multiple base names, right ;-)
> >
>
>I think of this as a user interface issue - how can you present all these
>different names and still have things be readable and workable?

It is not always possible, I agree. However some UI forms, such as sorted 
index lists, lend themselves quite neatly to a many-to-one relationship 
between names and topics.

>   Actually, I
>think that a lot of topic map-related things are user interface issues.

I agree. But they are issues that have been / are being addressed in a 
wider HCI context.

Cheers,

Kal