[topicmapmail] Contextualized Topic Maps.

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:45:27 +0100

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Murray Altheim wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4062C041.60807@open.ac.uk">Olivier Lamborelle
wrote: <br>
  <blockquote type="cite"> Thomas Schwotzer wrote: 
    <blockquote type="cite">"The roles a topic plays in associations are
among the characteristics <br>
that can be assigned to it and are therefore governed by scope."  </blockquote>
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That's incorrect I think. <br>
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No, that is correct. I think I perhaps used a quote that didn't exactly <br>
illustrate the point I was trying to make though, which is clarified in <br>
my recent reply to Thomas. </blockquote>
Can you clarify this for me: does the 'it' represent 'a topic' or 'the associations'
in this sentence?<br>
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If I understood correctly this sentence, all characteristics that can be
assigned to topic (or to associations?) are governed by scope? does 'governed'
mean 'can be scoped' ? In my view only the basename(s) and the occurrence(s)
are the characteristics (of a topic) that can be scoped.<br>
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The role a topic plays in associations is according to me a very special
characteristic of a topic:<br>
- it is somewhat stored outside of this topic (in an association element)<br>
- it can not be scoped (or the scope is applied to the association hence
to all members)<br>
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That's why I really don't like this sentence. :-)<br>
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Olivier.<br>
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