[topicmapmail] Topic Map Design Patterns

[Penichet, Juan]

Hi everyone,

 

I recently created an ontology using one of Kal Ahmed's Topic Map Design Patterns; the Hierarchical Classification Pattern. But I was wondering if anyone knows if there is anymore research in Topic Maps Design Patterns other than the proposed by Kal in "Topic Map Design Patterns For Information Architecture."

 

Also, I'm trying to find out about ontology evaluation metrics. A way to compare different ontologies based in different design patterns. I know that the difference in between two topic maps developed by two different people can be compared to the analogy of source code programmed by two different programmers. But then again, how can somebody be sure if the Topic Map Design Pattern implemented by one ontology is better or worse than using a different pattern.

 

I'll appreciate your comments.

 

Juan Ulibarri

Software Engineering

Computer Science 

Texas Tech University