[topicmapmail] PSIs for years ?

[Tony.Coates@reuters.com]

On 30/01/2002 14:29:38 W. Eliot Kimber wrote:

>My suggestion is to use HyTime coordinate spaces as the targets of the
>identity pointers. In HyTime, you can define a coordinate space that is
>calibrated to some real measurement system, i.e., real time. You can
>then use a finite-coordinate-space location address element to point to
>any point or set of ranges of points on that space. These FCSLocs can
>then be the targets of idenity pointers.
[...]
>While the overall FCS facility in HyTime is somewhat complex (because of
>its level of abstraction), the application of that facility to this
>particular problem is pretty straightforward and shouldn't pose any
>great implementation difficulty as long as you're not trying to
>implement a completely general FCS engine.

Can you give us an example of what it would look like?  (I know, it's high time I learnt more about HyTime, but as it's not really for work, it would have to be on MyTime ...)

     Cheers,
          Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates
XML Architect
Chief Technology Office
Reuters Plc, London.
Tony.Coates@reuters.com
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