Interoperable Logging WAS: Re: [topicmapmail] Questions About XTM Occurrence Semantics

[Peter P. Jones]

Hi,

Peter P. Jones wrote:
[...]
> That is good. Taking my passage above, my intuition is still that there 
> might be some distinction between my referring to the occurrence as 
> construct in the TM model as opposed to its semantic intent [my 
> terminology]. Your explanation suggests that the semantic intent part is 
> covered.
> 
> If I refer to the item identifier of the occurrence item using a subject 
> locator, and make that subject locator the subject identifier of a topic 
> (reifying?) do I then get to attach say, metadata, to the construct 
> purely qua construct? [my terminological spaghetti].

Thinking about this some more, maybe I should be asking whether there is 
anything in the way of an interoperable best practices approach to 
'attaching' logging, provenance and auditing information to the 
construction, editing and merging of TMs?

Sincerely,
Peter