Re: [topicmaps-comment] mapping topic maps on a relation database

[Murray Altheim <m.altheim@open.ac.uk>]

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

> * Murray Altheim
> | 
> | That's exactly what my upcoming software application Ceryle does.
> | My first release won't actually hook the topic map engine used to
> | display a topic map in touchgraph, but it does store the topic maps
> | in the database with the idea that a "node demander" will pull them
> | from it as needed. This is to allow really enormous topic maps (and
> | merges of same) to be processed via database rather than held in
> | memory.
> 
> This sounds very interesting. What API do you intend for Ceryle to
> provide? An XPath-based one, or something like the "standard" TMAPI?


I've worked very little on the TM engine lately, trying to get the
GUI editor and TouchGraph stuff running, plus there's a whole
application framework (messaging, error handling, etc.) that needed
doing. I'd appreciate if someone could point me to TMAPI, as I'm
not sure I know what you're referring to. It's ripe for an API, and
I'd started working on one waaaay back when, but the "API" right
now is custom.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                         <mailto:m.altheim @ open.ac.uk>
Knowledge Media Institute
The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK

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