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[Murray Altheim]

Miles Thompson wrote:
> Once you start going down this path one really wants to check if the
> Xupdate specification slash language would be appropriate for your
> needs. Really the same idea, ie POSTing fragments of XML, I guess. No ?
> 
> Also the "WebFolders / webDav' spec comes to mind. 

Miles,

Actually, no. XTM documents aren't the same as XML documents,
i.e., they only have valid meaning in the framework of a Topic
Map application, where all of the merging rules, etc. come to
play.  XUpdate might make some sense to look at as a model from
which to develop a similar API for Topic Maps, but on its own
it couldn't be reliably used to modify an XTM document.

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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