[topicmapmail] Topic Maps in a DBMS

[Dan Corwin]

Hi Murray-

If I want to persist various topic maps in a data base,
what table structures would I declare?

I can visualize topic maps concretely as XTM fragments,
or sometimes as networks of Java objects.

But what does a topic map look like under (e.g) mySQL?

And is this black art or a cookbook design pattern?

Dan

Murray Altheim wrote:
> Dan Corwin wrote:
> 
>> How does one set up a relational data base schema that comfortably
>> handles the topic map paradigm?  Is there a standard approach?
>>
>> Thanks for any references or comments.
> 
> 
> Perhaps you could clarify. What do you mean by "comfortably handle the
> topic map paradigm"? Certainly, databases can store documents, and links
> can be represented and acted upon by application software. Is there
> something specific you have in mind?
> 
> Murray
> 
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