[topicmapmail] TMDM serialization

Lars Heuer heuer at semagia.com
Thu Sep 20 08:55:09 EDT 2007


Hi Borislav,

> Well, yes, but this is assuming that no other item identifier has the same
> format. For instance, suppose the IRI of the topic map is http://foo.com/tm
> and we have a topic:

> <topic id="x"> 
>   <itemIdentity href="http://foo.com/tm#y">
> ....
> </topic>

> we end with two very similar identifiers:

> http://foo.com/tm#x and
> http://foo.com/tm#y

Then you use either "x" or "y" if you serialize the topic map. Which
one is not important. If you use "x" within the id attribute or if you
use "y", you'll get back the same topic with the same set of item
identifiers.

Best regards,
Lars
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