[topicmapmail] Expressive capabilities of Topic Maps

[Murray Altheim]

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
[...]
> * jalgermissen@topicmapping.com
> | Also, just because XTM has no facility for properties does not mean
> | that Topic Maps are unable to provide one. 
> 
> In my mind internal occurrences are the facility provided by XTM and
> topic maps for properties, and I'm not convinced that we need another.

Not to disagree at all, but when I get my derriere in gear I still plan
to publish a methodology for facets in XTM. Kal made a legitimate crack
at it, but I thought through this quite a bit and think I've come up
with a reasonable way to implement it in XTM. I'll certainly be happy
to receive feedback. Delays have included a new laptop (yeah!) and
various academic-related things, like conferences, demos, and getting
Ceryle up to speed. But I promise to publish it this fall. I've got
the tech part done, just need to write it up.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                         http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
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