[topicmapmail] Re: [topicmaps-comment] WANTED: Topic Map reference applications

[Lyndon J B Nixon]

Hi,

In response to your request for examples of Topic Maps in actual use, I 
wish to inform you of some work arising from my research. I plan to 
build a number of applications based on a model for content integration 
which uses, among other standards, Topic Maps. An example application is:

> -    under development, but will be in productive use soon
>
>  Name: ((name of application))
>  
>
Working title 'InfoMedia'

>  Customer: ((name of customer))
>
Development within the context of my PhD research at the Fraunhofer 
Institute FOKUS in Berlin, Germany

>  Brief description: ((3-4 sentences describing the application))
>
It is a Java servlet, using MPEG-4 as its presentation format. The 
purpose of the application is to explore the interoperability of 
emerging standards for data and metadata, Internet and audio-visual 
content. From the metadata description of some audio-visual content, the 
servlet automatically locates and integrates into the final presentation 
additional content relevant to subjects occurring in the audio-visual 
content. Topic Maps are used as the metadata layer between the 
audio-visual content (MPEG-7) metadata and (XML mark-up) Internet resources.

>  Online access: ((URL of application - if available))

not yet available; current plan is to have a 'finished' demonstration 
for towards the end of the year

>  Find more: ((URL with more information about the application))

There will be a presentation about this model at the IEEE Symposium on 
Consumer Electronics in Erfurt, Germany on 25th September. A paper with 
more detail about the applications will be part of the conference 
proceedings.

Shortly after the conference I hope to provide more details at
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/magic/employees/lyndon.nixon/

>  Contact: ((person to contact to learn more about the application))
>
Lyndon J B Nixon lni@fokus.fhg.de