EasyTopicmaps A Wiki dedicated to topic maps. Techquila's Topic Map World The topic map you are currently browsing! The Techquila Topic Map World topic map is an attempt to gather together a comprehensive database of information about topic maps and topic map applications in a single topic map resource. Requirements Document Vendor of Available From Vendor of Resources Resource XML Cover Pages - Topic Maps Part of Robin Cover Pages on standards survey. References, news, press releases and abundant links. Geir Ove Grønmo PDF Representation Topologi Schematron Validator A tool for validating and manipulating Schematron schema instances. The tool includes a filter for exporting data from a Schematron instance in XTM syntax. Product Description A resource providing a non-technical overview of a product. Jill's First Topic Map A simple topic map illustrating the basic features of the topic map paradigm and their representation in XTM syntax. Using Topic Maps To Extend Relational Databases An article in which Marc de Graauw discusses how the principles of topic maps can be applied to relational database design to make a more flexible relational database schema. Publication Date The date on which a resource was published. Peter Van Dijk A Belgian information architect, specialising in meta data and cultural and language issues on the web. Requirements For The Standard Application Model Described as being "a little old, but no newer versions are available. (For 'foundational model', substitute "Standard Application Model" throughout.)". XML Topic Maps The first book dedicated to topic maps. Contains chapters covering the basics of topic maps and XTM syntax; knowledge representation and ontological engineering; creating enterprise web sites from XTM documents; open-source topic map applications; semantic networks and knowledge organisation; and visualisation techniques. A Draft Reference Model for ISO 13250 Topic Maps Social Science Information Centre Towards A General Theory Of Scope A paper from Extreme Markup 2001 that provides the first ever in-depth examination of the topic map concept of "scope": What scope is, how to use it, how it relates to "context", and not least how applications might take advantage of it when processing a topic map. RDF and Topic Maps, An Exercise in Convergence Describes a relationship between RDF and Topic Maps in terms of a relationship between their respective models. LTM A simple interchange syntax with an emphasis on ease of authoring. This syntax does not make use of XML notation. UNSPSC Topic Map A topic map of the complete contents of the Universal Standard Products and Services Classification. The UNSPSC is a taxonomy of commodities used in catalogs and as a standardised account code in analyzine expenditure. The topic map was created completely automatically. Jack Park Jack is the developer of Nexist, a collaborative learning tool. Editor An editor of a written work. xSiteable A complete small-to-medium size web-site development kit created in XSLT with a PHP administration interface. xSiteable uses a simple text notation for page content combined with an XML site structure description to produce HTML pages, Dublin Core metadata, RSS feeds and XTM topic maps. The site map structure supports both traditional hierarchical site structure and an extensible set of relationships between pages which are much more topic map-like. XML.com O'Reilly's web-site devoted to news and articles about XML technologies. Kathleen M. Fisher AsTMa! A Topic Map constraint language specified using a textual notation including use of regular expressions for name constraints. HyTM The International standard description of the topic maps paradigm. This standard also defines an interchange syntax using SGML and HyTime linking. The most recent version of this standard also includes [XTM 1.0] as an annex. Find this book on Amazon.com Amazon.com URL Location of a resource in Amazon's catalogue. Infoloom Infoloom Infoloom provides services in the domain of information management, focussing on XML-based and topic maps-based applications. Hans Holger Rath tolog - a topic map query language A paper from XML Europe 2001 that describes a query language for topic maps called tolog. This query language is inspired by Prolog and fully supports the [TMQL] requirements. It has a clear and simple syntax, and its basic features are easy to implement. Addison-Wesley Abbreviation Topic Maps visualization Topic maps - the new ISO standard ISO-IEC 13250 - provide a bridge between the domains of knowledge representation and information management. Topics and topic associations build a structured semantic link network above information resources. Our research aims at visualizing this semantic layer efficiently, which is a critical issue as topic maps may contain millions of topics and associations. This paper is divided into 3 parts. First, we depict briefly basic topic maps concepts. Then, we review a few graph visualization techniques. Finally, we describe the visualization tool we developed at the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 and study how this tool may be used - and enhanced - for topic maps visualization. Identities And Names In Knowledge Management This paper presents a concise investigation and classification of the nature of identities and the role of names in knowledge management solutions. Identities and names, while being the very foundation upon which knowledge management solutions are built are also the least clearly explained and understood. This leads to a conflicting and often inconsistent use of identity and naming in any given solution. As we move towards integrated knowledge management solutions, identity has an even greater role to play in providing consistency and forming bridges between knowledge models. We begin this paper with a study of the different aspects of identity including 'thing identity', 'The Scope and Granularity of things to be identified', 'Assigning meaning and Published Identity', 'Identity Assignment and Resolution' and 'Identity Structure'. The next section introduces the idea of names and illustrates how they are different from identities. Throughout this paper we provide syntactic examples of the ideas discussed using several standards, including RDF and TopicMaps. We conclude this paper with a discussion about how identity and names could evolve and what future role they may expect to play in knowledge management solutions. Funded Activity Topic Maps and XTM: A Manager's Overview Slides from the Infoloom/Coolheads Consulting presentation. DTD A Document Type Definition - a formal description of the allowed structure of an XML document instance. TMQL Requirements 1.0.0 Requirements for the TMQL language as a whole and the query portion of that language in particular. 2001-08-29 Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 BEKK Consulting An E-business integrator with particular focus on internet development and management. The Opera Topic Map Topic map about Italian Opera created and maintained by Steve Pepper. The MITRE Corporation MITRE MITRE is a US-based, not-for-profit national technology resource that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. It operates federally funded research and development centers for the DOD, the FAA, and the IRS, with principal locations in Bedford, Massachusetts, and Northern Virginia. David Dodds eTopicality Services provided include topic map analysis, development and training and document analysis, DTD and Schema development. Applications of topic maps The subject of the use of topic maps in information systems. Is Part Of Has Parts part of Relationship between a whole and its constituent parts. Software Source Files Marc de Graauw Marc is an independent consultant with 14 years of experience and has a special interest in XML, semantics and e-business. Standards Body Jean Delahousse The XTM Guide: A Beginner's Guide to the XTM Syntax The XTM Guide A guide to the XTM syntax written by one of the editors of the ISO 13250 standard in which the syntax appears. Ontopia Schema Language OSL The Ontopia Schema Language is an XML voabulary for expressing constraints on the information which may appear in a topic map. XTM Interchange Syntax An XML vocabulary for the interchange of topic map information as defined in [XTM 1.0]. This syntax uses XML notation and XLink linking structures. Bond University File Format Business Maps: Topic Maps Go B2B Marc de Graauw shows how topic maps can be used to help solve interoperability problems between XML B2B vocabularies. Consortium International Organisation for Standardization ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. Dynamic Publication Through Content Structure Management Tools Dynamic publication has become a strong requirement in environments where content flow is important and need for customized organization of information is critical. Financial organizations use both expert produced documents (tax, legal, financial) and commercial documents about their products. The overall documentation is used in different contexts, for different purposes, using several formats. Managing 'content structures' in a repository independent from the content itself can significantly improve content publication process, reusability of content itself, and accurate, customized dynamic publication. We'll show on an use case of assets management documentation how a clear separation from 'Content' and 'Content Structures' can be used to allow every actor in the information chain to create new structure patterns, as well as new documents, and finally deliver completely customized documentation to the end users. We'll show how RDF and Topic Maps standards enable this crucial segmentation between reusable content and content structures. We'll show how 'content structure management' tools feet into content management architecture with portals, content management systems, and content authoring tools. We'll show how separate management of 'content structure' open the way to a new family of content management tools such as 'content intelligence tools', 'content organization authoring tools'. Blue Shield tmproc tmproc is a topic map processing engine written in Python. tmproc stores the processed topic map information in memory only. The TM4J Project The TM4J project is an open source project with contributors from around the world. The current focus of the TM4J project is on the development of a topic map "engine" which processes files conforming to the XML Topic Maps (XTM) specification and stores them either in memory or in a persistent store, providing access via a Java API. Future development plans include a framework for developing web applications using topic maps and a navigation/editing application for topic maps. The goal of the TM4J project is to provide a suite of topic map processing libraries and tools. Martin Bryan Imports Is Imported By imports XTM Perl Modules A collection of Perl modules for parsing and manipulating topic map data. Topic maps can be loaded from an XML based resource (local or remote via an URL) as prescribed by the XTM standard. There is also a way to tie a map to any persistent medium. The latter is especially interesting when running this module along with a (web) server. Topic Map Designer A graphical topic map editor with a drag-and-drop user interface for creating topics and associations. TopicMaps.Org Topicmaps.Org is an independent consortium of parties interested in developing the applicability of the Topic Maps Paradigm to the World Wide Web, by leveraging the XML family of specifications as required. Topicmaps.Org has now joined OASIS and now carries out work under the asuspices of that organisation. http://www.topicmaps.org/ Topic-map driven web sites Resources in this category describe different approaches to the application of topic maps to defining the content and / or structure of web sites. Employer Editor of Edited By An association between a resource and the individual(s) or organisation(s) with editorial responsibility for the content of the resource. Graham Moore Topic Maps for application data structures Vendor Alexander Johanessen Connecting XML, RDF And Web Technologies For Representing Knowledge On The Semantic Web : In order to represent knowledge for it to be usable web-wide and in interoperable ways, it should be done using well-known, and the most appropriate web technologies. These include the XML family of standards and the Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF is a metadata format that uses a directed, labeled graph structure, URIs for identifiers, XML for its its syntax, and a simple type and class structure for recording schema information. RDF can be used with many XML technologies such as XML Namespaces, RELAX NG, XML Schema, XSLT and has relationships to others such as XTM, XPath, XQuery, SQL and relational databases. When these technologies are used, the knowledge has to be described in web-wide concepts which are usually provided in what are variously called schemas, ontologies, thesauri or vocabularies. These vocabularies can include general ones such as the Dublin Core, ones from particular communities, from existing controlled vocabularies and new ones for particular purposes. These need to be able to be mixed and matched, discovered and new concepts understood (if only partially) in order that relationships between the concepts can be made. These methods and forms are the technological basis of the Semantic Web idea. This paper describes how these technologies are best used together, their relationships and where each of them can be appropriately applied. This is done using examples of how they are being used in different applications, communities and industries. The ongoing development of the mentioned standards is also be explained. Related Resource Related to Subject Area Topic Maps Published Subjects for Geography and Languages TC A group which "will define sets of published subjects for language, country, and region subjects, in accordance with the guidelines for published subjects to be laid down by the Published Subjects TC." Abstract Description Topic Map Tutorials Introductory texts which describe the concepts of the topic maps paradigm. topicmap.com whole Creator of Created by created by Asymptotic Topic Map Notation, Authoring AsTMa= Plural This topic is used as a parameter in name variants where the variant expresses the plural of the base name string. Publisher Creating Semantically Valid Topic Maps Ann Wrightson part The role played by a part in a [part of] association. Author Of Written By Written By Describes the relationship between a written work and the creator or creators of that work. XML Standards A topic map categorising, and providing information on a selection of XML vocabularies. creator Topic Map Browser Lyndon J B Nixon PSIs for Dublin Core Topic map of Published Subjects for expressing the semantics of Dublin Core in topic maps. Robert Barta TMAPI.org An open-source project to develop a standard programming interface to access and manipulate topic map data. Erik Wilde's WWW Topic Map A topic map of the index of Erik Wilde's book "Wilde's WWW - Technical Foundations of the World Wide Web". Synergy Incubate TMQL Draft Requirements Early draft of the TMQL requirements. 2001-06-12 k42 Web Author k42 Web Author A browser-based GUI for editing topic map data held in a [k42] server. SemanText SemanText is a semantic network application which uses topic maps to represent its knowledge base. SemanText is also capable of extracting topic map information from XML sources and of using rules-based inference to enrich a topic map. Ontopia Omnigator A reference implementation of the [Ontopia Navigation Framework] which provides a generic topic map browsing interface in a standard web-browser. created thing TMNav TMNav is an open-source toolkit and sample application for browsing and editing topic map applications. The goal of TMNav is to provide end-users with an easy to use environment for the creation and navigation of topic maps and to provide application developers with a set of reusable components from which custom applications can be rapidly built. Web Site Compressed (Zipped) XTM syntax topic map OKS Ontopia Knowledge Suite The Ontopia Knowledge Suite (OKS) is a complete set of tools for building, maintaining, and deploying topic map-based applications. As of version 1.3, it consists of the Ontopia Topic Map Engine, the Ontopia Navigator Framework, the Full-text Search Integration, RDBMS Backend Connector, and the Topic Map Query Engine and Schema Tools. A Web Editor Framework and Topic Map Server are currently under development and will be released in 2002. Further components are also planned. ISO 13250 The original description of the topic map paradigm, now in a second edition. Topic Maps and RDF: A first cut Ten theses on the relationship between topic maps and RDF. This is a first cut at understanding the similarities and differences between these two approaches to making information findable. Uses Is Used By uses Subject Area The Standard Application Model for Topic Maps - Editor's draft 26 07 2002 2002-07-26 HTML representation Mondeca Based in Paris, France. Mondeca provides a software solution enabling enterprises to efficiently and intelligently organize content and knowledge. Ontopia Web Editor Framework A toolkit for the development of browser-based front-ends for the collaborative creation and editing of topic maps. Jay Cousins RivCom Provide consultancy, training and implementation services to enable corporate customers to acquire, manage and disseminate knowledge and information more effectively. Mapalizer First NED TM A topic map of resources relating to near-by galaxies. Dave Beckett XML Topic Maps and Semantic Web Mining Murray Woodman Professional XML Meta Data Visualisation Graphic representation of topic map information. Open Directory Topic Maps Category A category of the Open Directory project dedicated to Topic Maps. Organisations Organisation Ontopia Navigator Framework LTM Representation A topic map resource defined in Ontopia's LTM syntax. Content Management Tutorial user Home Page PMTM4 TMPM4 Topicmaps.net's Processing Model for XTM 1.0 Topicmaps.net's Processing Model for XTM 1.0 defines a set of rules for processing topic map documents in order to reconstitute the meaning of the information they are intended to convey to their recipients. It could be used as a partial blueprint for a topic maps application, but that is not its primary purpose. Its primary purpose is merely to illustrate, in a rigorous fashion, the authors' deepest understanding of the meaning of topic map information. Developing A Topic Map Programming Model This paper was first presented at Knowledge Technologies 2001 in March of that year. The paper presents the case for developing a standard API for creating and accessing topic maps programmatically and proceeds to develop and evaluate four different approaches to such an API. Topic Maps for Repositories A paper presented to XML Europe 2000 which describes the potential of applying topic maps to improve access to and navigation around a multi-user document repository. Howard H. Liu Empolis (UK) Lars Marius Garshol Web Services Thomas Bandholtz Leo Orbst A High-level Description of a Draft Reference Model for ISO 13250 Topic Maps 2002-04-04 Standard Application Model For Topic Maps Topic Map Editor Paper A white-paper or academic tract. In this topic map no distinction is made between peer-reviewed academic papers and commercial positioning papers or "think-pieces". Frauenhofer Institute For Open Communication Systems The relationship between RDF and topic maps What is the nature of the relationship between topic maps and RDF. Are they complimentary or competing ? Can the vision of the Semantic Web be achieved with one and without the other. The resources in this category discuss this subject in more detail. Binary Files ISOGEN International XTM Languages Topic Map XTM Country Codes Topic Map Contains topics for the ISO standard language codes. Institute For Learning and Research Technology ILRT, University of Bristol Language A human natural language. k42 A collaborative knowledge-management environment based on topic maps. Nefer L. Park Nikita Ogievetsky Topic Map Engine Concept The class of topics which describe abstract concepts rather than concrete things. Empolis Empolis provides Knowledge Management applications and consultancy world-wide. Developers of the K42 topic map engine. Bernard Vatant Ashish Mahabal The TAO of Topic Maps A paper from XML Europe 2000 that provides an introduction to topic maps, taking as its starting point the forms of navigation with which we are all familiar from the world of printed information: indexes, glossaries and thesauri. Alexander Sigel Statistical Analysis of Topic Maps Professional Java XML Article A short publication available either as part of a larger journal or published on-line. Hitoshi Hayashi English The English language. Includes US and British English. CPAN topic map A huge topic map of the resources in CPAN. Topic Map Resources (Japanese) A Japanese language collection of links to resources related to topic maps. The content of this page is in Japanese, though many of the resources referred to from this site are English language resources. Project An organised activity with a set of defined goals. Joshua Holm Mailing List An email-based discussion forum. Occurrences of this type point to a page which provides information on how to sign up to the list. Michel Soto Query Language A vocabulary for expressing queries over a topic map or a collection of topic maps. Published Work Some resource which has been through a form of publication process. A Published Work has at least an author and a publisher associated with it. A Taxi In Knowledge Land Bandholtz reports on a R&D project with a focus on implementing topic map functionality as a web service. The primary usage is within a public portal (German Einvironmental Information Network), but the service is provided for general use in the scope of environmental protection. The topic map contains a thesaurus and a gazetteer. The report gives an overview on architectur and methods, and on the tools employed, and on standardization issues. OASIS Vocabulary for XML Standards and Technologies TC This group was formed to "define a vocabulary for the domain of XML standards and technologies, which will provide a reference set of topics, topic types, and association types that will enable common access layers and thus improved findability for all types of information relating to XML, related standards, and the XML community." Specification Funding Body The role played by an organisation providing funds to an activity in an [Activity Funded By Funding Body] association. Intelligent Topic Manager (ITM) ITM enables customers to federate scattered information resources and organise access to those resources through multiple organisation models. The ITM architecture relies on a clear separation between content and its organisation (a basic topic map principle) and makes use of the topic map paradigm for creating those structures. Ontopia Ontopia Providers of advanced topic map tools and services. Located in Oslo, Norway. Ontopia was created to bring knowledge, information, and process management solutions to the market through the development of outstanding quality topic map software. XTM 1.0 XML Topic Maps 1.0 Book Book Is Funded By Funds Activity Funded By Funding Body The class of associations between some activity such as standards or software development and one or more organisations providing funding for that activity Jan Algermissen logo French The French language. Announcement TMAPI Topic Map API A common programming interface to topic map information. Provides a DOM-like structure for accessing and modifying a topic map. Coolheads Consulting TMCL Topic Map Constraint Language XML Schema Topic Map The XML Schema topic map is presented as a guide index along-side the W3C XML Schema Recommendation. Browsing the index, in many cases automatically loads the relevant part of the XML Schema recommendataion documents. Currently only an HTML-ized version of the topic map is published, although XTM files are available from the author on request. User Documentation End-user documentation for a product or software application. XTM Representation John L. Park Author A creator of or contributor to a written work. TM4J An open-source topic map engine written entirely in Java. TM4J provides a set of APIs for parsing, modifying and serialising topic map information as well as persistent storage in an Ozone OODBMS back-end. TM4J supports querying using the tolog query language and the latest (CVS) version also supports parsing Ontopia's Linear Topic Map (LTM) notation. Steve Pepper CEO of [Ontopia] Cogitech Inc. Cogitech, Inc. is an XML, XSLT and Knowledge Technologies consulting company. Email Address Steven R. Newcomb Topic map What Are Topic Maps A high-level overview of the topic map paradigm and the kinds of applications that can make use of it. Topic Maps, The Business Case A paper presented at XML 2001 which presents real-world case-studies of the applicaition of topic maps to systems development. The paper includes examples of topic maps for structuring and delivering web content, topic maps as a flexible data structure for complex applications and topic maps used for systems integration. SourceForge Page Enhancing the Web for Knowledge Management API Documentation Programmer's documentation for a software product. Employee Implements Is Implemented By implements Index and knowledge drawing : a natural bridge from Topic Maps to XML SVG Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OASIS Nexist