[topic_maps] Re: [topicmapmail] Multiple members in XTM associations

[Jens Kanschik]

Hi,

Lars, thanks for the swift answer.

I indeed considered to use TM4J and using it would certainly be better, but
at the moment I would like to write an applet which means I have to be
careful to keep the size small. Even though the bandwidth increases all the
time, I don't like it if the user has to wait until half a MB has been
transfered.

> | I'm currently working on a applet that visualises the graph
> | structure of a TopicMap using hyperbolic trees
> | (http://hypergraph.sourceforge.net).
> ... you may find that not
> all topic map structures lend themselves to visualization using trees.

I was a bit inexact, actually I will use really a graph layout and don't
want to restrict myself to trees. Of course one has to think carefully about
how to show constructs like n-ary associations (one node for the assoc.
which is linked to all members), scoping (using different colors/styles)
etc., but I think the relationship between TMs and graphs is close enough to
give it a try.

Regards,

Jens Kanschik