[topicmapmail] Contextualized Topic Maps.

Carlo Moneti cmoneti@twcny.rr.com
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:21:18 -0500


* Murray Altheim wrote:

> I think the idea of scoping topics is a bit of a non-sequitor, and
> is perhaps a mistaken understanding of the Topic Maps paradigm.
> In the real world as well as in Topic Maps, topics simply *exist*
> (in TM, Topics are proxies for their subjects). I believe what
> you really want is the ability to provide a context in which those
> Topics play a role in an Association.

Is scoping topics really unapplicable? Suppose I have a repository of 
documents, and I want to see the "reviewed" ones and not the "unreviewed".  
What would be the recommended approach?

Thanks,
Carlo Moneti
http://arsteca.net