[topicmapmail] A somewhat new topic maps format

[Bernard Vatant]

Cool - my bunny has learnt it in *no time* and just *loves* it.

BTW my bunny is called Timberlee ... to be added to the PSI set <:o)

Bernard

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : topicmapmail-admin@infoloom.com
> [mailto:topicmapmail-admin@infoloom.com]De la part de Murray Altheim
> Envoye : mercredi 6 aout 2003 17:39
> A : topicmapmail@infoloom.com
> Objet : Re: [topicmapmail] A somewhat new topic maps format
>
>
> I've also done something similar. I've developed a version of XTM
> tailored for the Comprehensive Bunny Name List called CBNLXTM,
> which takes that "heck no, I won't interchange" approach in creating
> a syntax that nobody else but me will use. It's easier to validate
> since it has fewer elements (you can use topics instead of associations,
> though they have different semantics), the documents are shorter since
> all element names are only one or two characters long, and it also looks
> a bit like RDF (as it's quite unreadable), since that's very popular
> right now. And it doesn't rely on software at all for its success (given
> that its target audience is rabbits, who rarely turn on a computer).
>
> See:
>
>     http://www.altheim.com/bunny/
>     http://www.altheim.com/bunny/cbnlxtm1.dtd
>
> Jason Cupp wrote:
> > I'm doing something similar, there always seems to be an inclication to
> > simplify things to make validation easier, prototypes quicker
> to develop,
> > and applications less dependent on Engines & Processors (my caps). I've
> > modified XTM to more resemble RDF, so in the future I could
> potential go
> > both ways with it:
> >
> > <topicmap
> > 	xmlns="http://www.esri.com/metadata/stm/1.0/#"
> > 	xmlns:esri="http://www.esri.com/metadata/1.0/#"
> > 	xml:base="http://www.esri.com/metadata/lang/1.0/#">
> >
> > <topic about="http://www.esri.com/metadata/1.0/#language">
> >       <name><nameString>Language</nameString></name>
> > </topic>
> >
> > <!-- uses xml:base to qualify @id and @scope into a full URI -->
> > <!-- http://www.esri.com/metadata/lang/1.0/#hun is an instanceOf or
> > <rdf:type> of <esri:language> -->
> > <!-- <esri:language> is a kind of <topic> (inferentially,
> because of <name>
> > ) -->
> >
> > <esri:language id="hun">
> > 	<name scope="eng">
> >          <nameString>Hungarian</nameString>
> >       </name>
> >       <name scope="fra">
> >          <nameString>hongrois</nameString>
> >       </name>
> >       <name scope="a3t">
> >          <nameString>hun</nameString>
> >       </name>
> >       <name scope="a3b">
> >          <nameString>hun</nameString>
> >       </name>
> >       <name scope="a2">
> >          <nameString>hu</nameString>
> >       </name>
> > </esri:language>
> > ...
> > </topicmap>
> >
> >
> >
> > | -----Original Message-----
> > | From: Alexander Johannesen [mailto:alex@shelter.nu]
> > | Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:53 AM
> > | To: topicmapmail@infoloom.com
> > | Subject: [topicmapmail] A somewhat new topic maps format
> > |
> > |
> > | Hi,
> > |
> > | No, this isn't anything fancy or official, but I've made a
> > | compromising
> > | format of the XTM 1.0 format; Compacted and Simplified XTM
> > | (CSXTM) that
> > | is a compact and simple version of XTM 1.0, and that is optimized for
> > | speed and ease of use. It was especially made for handling topic maps
> > | in XSLT and similar technologies. Still an early version. Suggestions
> > | are welcome.
> > |
> > |    Blurb : http://shelter.nu/blog-042.html
> > |
> > |    CSXTM : http://shelter.nu/csxtm.html
> > |
> > |
> > | Kind regards,
> > |
> > | Alexander
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