[topicmapmail] AsTMa! as TMCL

[Sam Hunting]

> I am aware of the verbosity of such a solution, but it would be 
> nice to see if/how a constraint language such as AsTMa! could be mapped into 
> topic map constructs (even if the original AsTMa! syntax is retained).

If TMCL:

  * were *not* a topic map (ie, a set of "topic map constructs",
    regardless of syntactic expression)

yet could:

  * affect merging

we would be in the position of having something other than a topic map
determining how topics represent subjects. I'm not sure that is a good
position to be in.



> Cheers,
> 
> Kal
> 
> On Sunday 08 December 2002 09:07, Robert Barta wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In case you are interested where we (Bond) currently stand with our ideas
> > about constraining TMs (aka TMCL), see our new tutorial and the last
> > version of the language specification:
> >
> >    http://astma.it.bond.edu.au/constraining.xsp
> >
> > Constructive comments welcome!
> >
> > \rho
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> 

Sam Hunting
eTopicality, Inc.

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