[topicmapmail] TM for Linux desktop

[Kal Ahmed]

Murray,

While there hasn't been a new release for a while, and no one has
updated the website (mea culpa), there has been work recently on TMAPI -
particularly on trying to add an API for topic map index management. The
work is not proceeding particularly quickly - certainly not as quickly
as I would like, but I think that is more to do with the time
constraints of those involved than anything else.

That said, the project is completely open and if anyone wants to join in
an put a rocket under the behinds of the rest of the team, that would be
a welcome thing (well, the joining in bit at least ;-). To join in, just
bring your email address and fireworks of choice to:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/tmapi-discuss

Cheers,

Kal

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 18:52, Murray Altheim wrote:
> Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
> > * Murray Altheim
> > | 
> > | It's too bad we don't yet have a Topic Map API, but the TM4J API
> > | does in a pinch.
> > 
> > Actually, there is an unofficial one, made by Kal, Graham, Geir Ove,
> > and me, called TMAPI. It now also has some contributions by Stefan
> > Lischke. See
> > 
> >   <URL: http://www.tmapi.org/ >
> > 
> > for more information.
> 
> Lars Marius,
> 
> I'm aware of TMAPI, but we've been waiting a very long time for
> there to be any finished document. As you'll note, the last
> modified date on that web page is November 2001. Prior to
> abandoning my own efforts in favour of using TM4J, I'd originally
> hoped to see TMAPI become a reality, and even had included class
> files for it.
> 
> Has TMAPI's status or version changed recently?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Murray
> 
> ......................................................................
> Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
> Knowledge Media Institute
> The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK               .
> 
>   "The [GM] report says only half the people that took part - and
>   remember, 99.9% of the population did not - had some concerns,"
>   said Paul Rylott, of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (ABC),
>   which represents biotech firms like Monsanto and Bayer CropScience.
>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3134278.stm
> 
>   Rylott is obviously willing to lie about his understanding of the
>   use of sampling in statistical research in order to distort the
>   simple fact that only 2% of the UK public are happy to eat GM food.
>   What else is he willing to lie about? Don't we have a human right
>   to uncontaminated food and water? People in the US don't generally
>   even *know* that they're eating it, as no food labeling laws have
>   been able to get past the biotech industry's hold on the Congress.
>   If it's going to be forced on us by a corporate-controlled govern-
>   ment, let us at least be able to avoid eating it.
> 
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