[topicmapmail] UDDI, semantics and XTM

[Murray Altheim]

Max Voskob wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to invite you review these UDDI documents and comment on the
> suitability of XTM for our requirements.
> 
> At this stage, it looks like XTM is not very suitable for we are trying to
> achieve, but it is my only opinion and I can be easily wrong.
> 
> I would very appreciate your feedback posted to this list or to me directly.
> 
> The documents can be found here:
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5322/uddi-spec-tc-taxonomies-discussion-20040205.doc
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5323/uddi-spec-tc-req011-14-value-set-20040205.doc
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5337/uddi-spec-tc-req11-14-semantics-20040205.doc

Max,

Rather than making us do all the work for you, could you at least
summarize the Microsoft Word documents you've posted? And why you
think XTM is not very suitable despite being still enough a
candidate that you're asking the Topic Map community for input?
What about XTM makes you think it is a candidate? And what about
it makes you think it's not suitable?

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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