[topicmapmail] scope or query?

Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:37:46 +0100

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Dear readers,

I'm (still) looking at ways to effectively customize topic maps to certain
situations. Luckily, I'm making progress after reading a lot of articles on
topic maps and ontology's :-). I basically found two way to customize the
way the TM will look (that is, what topics will be included and excluded).
One way of doing this would be by using a query language (such as TMQL) to
'create' topic maps based on queries such as "show me all topics,
associations and occurrences that are related to project 1" (if possible in
TMQL). The other way of accomplishing this would be by using the
scope-construct in which you define the topics, associations and occurrences
to belong to e.g. "project 1".

Assuming this does not sound completely ridiculous, which one of these would
you choose and why?

Assuming that this DOES sound like pretty bad reasoning, what alternatives
are there apart from scoping and querying? 

Cheers,

Martin

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Dear readers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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I&#8217;m (still) looking at ways to effectively =
customize
topic maps to certain situations. Luckily, I&#8217;m making progress =
after
reading a lot of articles on topic maps and ontology&#8217;s =
J. I
basically found two way to customize the way the TM will look (that is, =
what
topics will be included and excluded). One way of doing this would be by =
using
a query language (such as TMQL) to &#8216;create&#8217; topic maps based =
on
queries such as &#8220;show me all topics, associations and occurrences =
that
are related to project 1&#8221; (if possible in TMQL). The other way of =
accomplishing
this would be by using the scope-construct in which you define the =
topics,
associations and occurrences to belong to e.g. &#8220;project =
1&#8221;.<o:p></o:p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Assuming this does not sound completely ridiculous, =
which
one of these would you choose and why?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Assuming that this DOES sound like pretty bad =
reasoning, what
alternatives are there apart from scoping and querying? =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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