[topicmapmail] generate hierarchical GUIs from all transitive associations

Conal Tuohy conalt@paradise.net.nz
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:34:57 +1300


> * Lars Marius Garshol
> |
> | Well, the XTM file given on the topicmaps.org site is not complete:
> | it doesn't tell you how to *use* this published subject. The
> | associated HTML file[2] does give a hint, but unfortunately that
> | hint is nonsensical.
>
> On second thought it may be that
>
>   "The concept of association property "transitive"; should be used as
>   resource in <resourceRef> of <occurrence>."
>
> means that the PSI should be an occurrence (of which type?) of the
> association type.

Yes I think that's the author's idea - and the occurrence type is another
topic in the same topic map: "association-property", which represents these
"set-theoretic" properties (transitivity, reflexivity, etc).

> That's hardly recommended practice any more, but
> probably made sense back in March 2001 when this was written.

Tell me more - how would you recommend marking up this particular feature of
the association, Lars?

Cheers

Con