[topicmapmail] topic maps instances?

[Alexander Zangerl]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:49:50 +0100, Alexander Mikhailian writes:
>Are there other hand-crafted topic maps or this is the status quo in
>topic maps production?

over the last couple years, robert barta and i produced about 170 maps 
which mostly cover various IT technologies (we use those maps mainly for 
teaching purposes).

the browsable versions are at <URL:http://topicmaps.bond.edu.au/> in 
the map development area.

>How do you deal with a sheer lack of publicly available topic maps?

by making a map everytime i have an itch to scratch. small steps, yes, 
but what more can one do?

>Do you have topic maps (in English) that you can share with us for the
>purpose of this research only? this kind of help will be much
>appreciated.

our maps are in AsTMa=, robert barta's format (a tad similar to LTM),
and the public site doesn't let non-editors download the bare maps.
(which i'm willing to rethink).

anyway, you'd need a translator from astma to the format of your 
choice (while our software reads ltm and xtm, it currently doesn't export 
to anything but astma).

contact me offlist if interested.

regards
az


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