[topicmapmail] A to B is as C to D

[Lars Marius Garshol]

* Jamshyd F.
|
| I have the following topics:
| process, phase (stage), AND recognition, application of recognition criteria
| 
| Is there a construct in the topic maps whereby I can say
| "application of recognition criteria" is a "stage" in the "process"
| of "recognition"?  Or that "application of recognition criteria" to
| "recognition" is as "stage" is to "process"?

I think Robert's suggestion, that you use a "stage in
process"-association to say that the "application of recognition
criteria" is a "stage" in the "process" of "recognition". That should
also generalize nicely to other cases.
 
| I already have a containment association and have stated in the
| topic map that "process" contains "stage(s)". I can use the same
| association for "recognition" etc but then the similarity to stage
| and process are not evident.

Subclassing like Robert suggests might be one way.

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