[topicmapmail] Re:Re: modelling synonyms

[Kal Ahmed]

On Tuesday 25 June 2002 09:29, Racker wrote:
> Thank you very much for all of your interesting ideas.
>
> Now some further questions:
>
> If I choose to model the synonyms the way Jean suggests (each synonym a=
s a
> topic linked to the descriptor with an association like "usage"), isn't
> there the danger that this will blow up my topic map too much?
> Especially considering the point of navigating the map.
>
> In connection with the last point I have the question if you can recomm=
end
> any free topic map engine where I can test the different effects caused=
 by
> different modelling strategies. I know that many of you work for differ=
ent
> companies and I don't want to cause any irritation in this mailing list=
=2E
> But I hope you can give me some positive answer.
>
> Currently I use the evaluation version of ontopias omnigator VI, but I =
am
> not quite satisfied with the way of visualizing the topic map (I think =
of a
> more graphical way, e.g. a hyperbolic view or something that way). I al=
so
> tried "topic map designer" programmed by a german student (but this too=
l is
> based on ISO13250 and also not very stable on my sytem) and k42 of empo=
lis.
>

For editing, you might want to try TMTab (http://www.techquila.com/tmtab/=
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which plugs in to Protege. Because it is based on an ontology design tool=
, it=20
forces you to think more in terms of a structured approach to your topic =
map.=20

For visualisation, you could download the preview visualisation for the=20
upcoming TMNav sub-project. Check out=20
http://www.folge2.de/work/tmnav/download.php for the download (the source=
 is=20
also available through the TM4J SourceForge CVS tree).

Cheers,

Kal

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Kal Ahmed, techquila.com
XML and Topic Map Consultancy

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