[topicmapmail] open source implementations?

Robert Barta rho@bigpond.net.au
Tue, 24 Dec 2002 08:35:16 +1000


On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:53:18PM +0000, Kal Ahmed wrote:
> > SOAP is _far too expensive_ for a normal API exposure.

> If folk are interested, I could create a mailing list under the TMAPI project 
> for discussion as I think that a WS interface should fall within the purview 
> of this project and that making use of the support services that SourceForge 
> provide would help in getting something practical off the ground.

Count me in, although a serious discussion will only be possible after
the tentative adoption of a TMQL.

<think>We could also (ab)use the existing tmql mailing list</think>

> [1] RDF Objects, Alex Barnell, December 2002 
> http://www1.bcs.org.uk/DocsRepository/03700/3772/barnell.htm or 
> http://www1.bcs.org.uk/DocsRepository/03700/3772/barnell.pdf

Thanks for that!

\rho

> > > On Thursday 21 November 2002 18:19, Borgsmiller, Michael J. (B4Z)  wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > If you find something I would like to know about it too.  One way you
> > > > might want to approach this problem if you cannot find anything in the
> > > > .NET environment itself is to use a Java based implementation and
> > > > integrate it with .NET using web services calls to the Java-based Topic
> > > > Map engine. This supposedly is the key benefit of the Web Services
> > > > approach.  Has anyone already done this on this list and so have any
> > > > pointers to good resources.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Henning Storhaug [mailto:Henning.Storhaug@edbbc.no]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:28 AM
> > > > To: topicmapmail@infoloom.com
> > > > Subject: [topicmapmail] open source implementations?
> > > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for topicmap implementations of XTM that will run on .NET,
> > > > preferably open-source or some cheap commercial solution. I should be
> > > > able to call the API from c# and it would be an advantage if
> > > > persistence could be done using SQL-server 2000. Do you have any hints
> > > > or urls? Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > - Henning
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> XML and Topic Map Consultancy
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> e: kal@techquila.com
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