[topicmapmail] More newbie than Josema?

[Murray Altheim]

fabrizio ulisse wrote:
> Hello topicmappers,
> 
> I'm an IA from Italy, very very newbie about topic maps and related
> stuff, but very very interested in general concepts behind this new
> tool? technology? Philosophy? Choose all that apply :)
> 
> This year I also had the chance to talk about Topic Maps during a
> lecture at the University o Milan (MIU - Master in IT for humanists
> http://www.disco.unimib.it/mastermiu/), about the promise of semantic
> web as a corner stone for a glorious future of a web based on rich
> concepts vs. dull data. 
> 
> But, after the theory there's practice (and B. Sterling will excuse me
> if I revert the order of pop culture), and I really would like to go
> deep inside this issue, starting with real xml coding, and this is where
> I stopped - maybe too stupid? My primary concern is that I cannot figure
> out how to practically start mapping stuff. I can see myself flying over
> immense territories, seeing complex many-to-many relations between
> territories (forgive my ugly poetry, it's been a hard day), but then I
> have to fly down and start conceptualize, and the kind of answers to
> Josema didn't help me.
> 
> So, can someone help me start from... somewhere? 

That somewhere might be found on easytopicmaps.org. If you want to
start coding, TM4J on sourceforge is a good start.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
Knowledge Media Institute
The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK               .

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