[topicmapmail] How could I know what the Topic Map could do or apply?

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> Vince,
> 
> I think part of the reason you're having difficulty is that the
> question you're asking is a bit like asking, "what can I do with
> wood?"  Topic Maps came about as a solution to a specific problem
> -- specifically book indexing -- but due to the genius in its design
> it can be used for many other things. It's essentially a graph
> structure that maps onto an addressable space, pretty simple in
> and of itself. Just like a block of wood, you can make a tooth
> pick, a chair, or a sailing ship. It's really only limited by
> your imagination. For example, if you think of your browser
> bookmark file as a bunch of URLs, you could use Topic Maps to
> organize those URLs. Or, using the graph structure you could build
> an "ontology" of concepts (topics) and relations (associations),
> and use that ontology to organize a body of resources (via URL).
> That's what I'm currently doing with Topic Maps.
> 
> Murray
> 
Myrray:

Thanks for your answer. I have a question. What's the different between I use 
Topic Maps to organize those URLs and I using application to retrive the URLs 
storing in the database?

                                         Vince Chen







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