[topicmapmail] A somewhat new topic maps format

[Peter P. Jones]

But how do I distinguish my pet Bunzilla from your pet Bunzilla?

On 6 Aug 2003 at 16:39, Murray Altheim wrote:

> 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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