[topicmapmail] Re: TopicMaps for Smalltalk

[Andrius Kulikauskas]

I received a letter from Daniel Schweizer daniel.schweizer@daedalos.com 
with some questions that probably others can answer better than I can. 
I don't know if there is any Topic Maps for Smalltalk.  The final
specification for the XML-DTD for Topic Maps will be complete in the
first half of December.  I don't know where are the XML-DTD that are the
closest to what the final specification will be.

The MindSet standard is a separate initiative organized by the Minciu
Sodas laboratory at http://www.ms.lt/importexport.html  It is an
import/export standard for tools for organizing thought such as
MindManager, www.mindmanager.com or Lucid Fried Eggs, www.memes.net  I
am writing up a draft of a specification that should be available this
month.  If you are interested, I invite you to join our laboratory by
helping with our work on the standard.  Write to me at ms@ms.lt if you
are interested.  One of our investigators, Raimundas Vaitkevicius, is an
expert in Small Talk and object technology.

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@ms.lt
+1 (773) 586-6280
in October in Chicago
 
Daniel Schweizer wrote:
> 
> Dear Andrius Kulikauskas
> 
> As a student in Computer Science at the University of Berne I am working in
> the field of Reverse Engineering. I would like to model software
> architectures within Topic Maps.
> 
> The meta model exists already. We also have some kind of representation of
> such models in XML.
> 
> I browsed www.ms.lt, www.topicmaps.com extensively. Now my questions:
> 
> - Is there any implementation of Topic Maps for Smalltalk?
> - On http://www.topicmaps.com there is XML-DTD. Will that be the base for
> the new exchange format? What about the SourceForge project - I didnīt find
> anything according to MindSets there.
> 
> I admire your engagement in standardizing such important technologies for
> the next decades.
> 
> With kind regards, Daniel Schweizer
> 
> Software Composition Group, University of Berne, Switzerland
> Schuetzenmattstrasse 14, CH-3012 Berne, Tel +41 31 631 33 39
> dschwzr@iam.unibe.ch        http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~dschwzr