AW: [topicmapmail] Plumb Visual Thesaurus Redesigned

[Rath, Holger (empolis DA)]

Hi,

It looks like that WordNet from Princeton Univ.
is the source for this. So the Plumb Design
people "just" adopted their visualization tool
to the data source. BTW: WordNet can be easily
converted into XTM. Maybe someone from the TM
community has already done that?

Concerning the graphical visualization of Plumb
Design, I have to say that it is - for sure - an 
eye catcher. But it is not really easy and efficient
to use. I prefer the StarTree from inxight much more.
It does not look that sexy but offers many advantages.
BTW: That's the reason why we integrated it into k42 -
our Topic Map engine.

Regards,
--Holger

-----Originalnachricht-----
Von: Thomas B. Passin
An: topicmapmail@infoloom.com
Gesendet: 29.10.2002 05:56
Betreff: [topicmapmail] Plumb Visual Thesaurus Redesigned

After nearly a year, I went back and looked at Plumb's Visual Thesaurus
[1]again.  It has been redesigned and enhanced, and it is stunning.  If
you
have not seen the site, you MUST look at it as a fine example of
visualization.  If you have seen it in the past, check it out again.

The Plumb system is based on a relational database, not topic maps, but
the
Thesaurus seems to achieve just about everything you would want from a
topic
map on the same subject (except, of course, interchange of the data).

Cheers,

Tom P

[1] http://thesaurus.plumbdesign.com/index.jsp