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Infoloom provides services in the domain of
information management, focussing on XML-based and topic
maps-based applications.
in topic Infoloom
An organised activity with a set of defined goals.
in topic Project
A Document Type Definition - a formal
description of the allowed structure of an XML document instance.
in topic DTD
Relationship between a whole and its
constituent parts.
in topic Has Parts
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.
in topic Topic Map Resources (Japanese)
Topic map of free XML software maintained by
Lars Marius Garshol.
in topic XML Tools Topic Map
Early draft of the TMQL requirements.
in topic TMQL Draft Requirements
A Prolog-like query language for topic maps.
in topic tolog
A resource providing a non-technical overview
of a product.
in topic Product Description
tmproc is a topic map processing engine
written in Python. tmproc stores the processed topic map
information in memory only.
in topic tmproc
A collaborative knowledge-management
environment based on topic maps.
in topic k42
The class of topics which describe abstract
concepts rather than concrete things.
in topic Concept
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.
in topic tolog - a topic map query language
Marc de Graauw shows how topic maps can be
used to help solve interoperability problems between XML
B2B vocabularies.
in topic Business Maps: Topic Maps Go B2B
A topic map defining Published Subject
Identifiers for IANA MIME types.
in topic Public Subject Indicator (PSI) topic map for
MIME types
The role played by a part in a [part of] association.
in topic part
A high-level overview of the topic map
paradigm and the kinds of applications that can make use
of it.
in topic What Are Topic Maps
A common programming interface to topic map
information. Provides a DOM-like structure for accessing
and modifying a topic map.
in topic TMAPI
An organisation providing consultancy services.
in topic Consultancy
Slides from the Infoloom/Coolheads Consulting presentation.
in topic Topic Maps and XTM: A Manager's Overview
A topic map categorising, and providing
information on a selection of XML vocabularies.
in topic XML Standards
A tool for validating and manipulating
Schematron schema instances. The tool includes a filter
for exporting data from a Schematron instance in XTM syntax.
in topic Topologi Schematron Validator
Graphics used in a presentation of a talk.
These may be in a variety of formats. When reading
resources of this type, be aware that you may be missing
the context which would have been provided by the
original speaker.
in topic Presentation Slides
Ontopia was created to bring knowledge,
information, and process management solutions to the
market through the development of outstanding quality
topic map software.
in topic Ontopia
Providers of advanced topic map tools and
services. Located in Oslo, Norway.
in topic Ontopia
A web resource which is the gateway to
allowing the download of a software application or
library. A download page may require some form of user
identification or registration before the actual binary
files can be retrieved.
in topic Download Page
Requirements for the TMQL language as a whole
and the query portion of that language in particular.
in topic TMQL Requirements 1.0.0
A vocabulary for expressing queries over a
topic map or a collection of topic maps.
in topic Query Language
This topic is used as a parameter in name
variants where the variant expresses the plural of the
base name string.
in topic Plural
The role played by an organisation providing
funds to an activity in an [Activity Funded By Funding
Body] association.
in topic Funding Body
A simple interchange syntax with an emphasis
on ease of authoring. This syntax does not make use of
XML notation.
in topic LTM
A plugin for the ontology editor application
Protege which enables a Protege project to be exported
in XTM syntax.
in topic TMTab
An article introducing all of the basic
concepts of the topic map paradigm and showing their
representation in XTM syntax.
in topic A Practical Introduction To Topic Maps
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.
in topic Using Topic Maps To Extend Relational Databases
An E-business integrator with particular focus
on internet development and management.
in topic BEKK Consulting
A meta data server which can store meta data
in RDF and topic map form and provides access through a
Java API or via a SOAP web-service interface.
in topic k42 Semantic Web Server
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'.
in topic Dynamic Publication Through Content
Structure Management Tools
A toolkit for the development of browser-based
front-ends for the collaborative creation and editing of
topic maps.
in topic Ontopia Web Editor Framework
Provide consultancy, training and
implementation services to enable corporate customers to
acquire, manage and disseminate knowledge and
information more effectively.
in topic RivCom
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.
in topic XML Topic Maps
Describes a relationship between RDF and Topic
Maps in terms of a relationship between their respective models.
in topic RDF and Topic Maps, An Exercise in Convergence
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.
in topic The TAO of Topic Maps
A simple topic map illustrating the basic
features of the topic map paradigm and their
representation in XTM syntax.
in topic Jill's First Topic Map
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.
in topic SemanText
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.
in topic XTM Interchange Syntax
The full name for a thing. Often the full name
is the formal name by which the thing is known.
in topic Full Name
Marc is an independent consultant with 14
years of experience and has a special interest in XML,
semantics and e-business.
in topic Marc de Graauw
A topic map resource defined in Ontopia's
LTM syntax.
in topic LTM Representation
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.
in topic xSiteable
A Topic Map constraint language specified
using a textual notation including use of regular
expressions for name constraints.
in topic AsTMa!
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.
in topic Topic Maps visualization
O'Reilly's web-site devoted to news
and articles about XML technologies.
in topic XML.com
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.
in topic UNSPSC Topic Map
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.
in topic The relationship between RDF and topic maps
The Ontopia Schema Language is an XML
voabulary for expressing constraints on the information
which may appear in a topic map.
in topic OSL
A short publication available either as part
of a larger journal or published on-line.
in topic Article
A graphical topic map editor with a
drag-and-drop user interface for creating topics and associations.
in topic Topic Map Designer
Topic Map Loom? technology is used to create
topic maps and apply those maps to existing information
sets. It works by transforming documents in given
formats into documents in other formats with all
navigation features in place. Topic Map Loom is not
designed to create source information or store source
information. Likewise, it is not designed to be used as
a browser or a publishing engine. Topic Map Loom simply
enables the user to create a topic map and apply that
map to source information in order to create browsable
or printable output.
in topic Topic Map Loom
A category of the Open Directory project
dedicated to Topic Maps.
in topic Open Directory Topic Maps Category
A Belgian information architect, specialising
in meta data and cultural and language issues on the web.
in topic Peter Van Dijk
Techquila provides XML information management
consultancy, training and systems development skills.
in topic Techquila
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.
in topic Identities And Names In Knowledge Management
A browser-based GUI for editing topic map data
held in a [k42] server.
in topic k42 Web Author
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.
in topic TM4J
The English language. Includes US and British English.
in topic English
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.
in topic PMTM4
Introductory texts which describe the concepts
of the topic maps paradigm.
in topic Topic Map Tutorials
Cogitech, Inc. is an XML, XSLT and Knowledge
Technologies consulting company.
in topic Cogitech Inc.
Nexist is a collaborative learning environment
written as a client-server application in Java. Students
use the Nexist environment to propose ideas which are
then responded to by other students with related
discussions and other resources either to support or
dispute the original proposition. Nexist makes use of a
topic map structure persisted in a relational database
to hold all of the information relating to propsed ideas
and the discussions and related resources. Nexist also
has a plugin to allow direct editing of the XTM
information - thus providing a multi-user collaborative
topic map editing environment.
in topic Nexist
Topic map of Published Subjects for expressing
the semantics of Dublin Core in topic maps.
in topic PSIs for Dublin Core
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."
in topic OASIS Vocabulary for XML Standards and
Technologies TC
A topic map of the index of Erik Wilde's
book "Wilde's WWW - Technical Foundations of
the World Wide Web".
in topic Erik Wilde's WWW Topic Map
: 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.
in topic Connecting XML, RDF And Web Technologies For
Representing Knowledge On The Semantic Web
End-user documentation for a product or
software application.
in topic User Documentation
Lead developer of [TM4J]. Developer and
maintainer of [TMTab] and the maintainer of this topic map.
in topic Kal Ahmed
The class of associations between some
activity such as standards or software development and
one or more organisations providing funding for that activity
in topic Activity Funded By Funding Body
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.
in topic Topic Maps for Repositories
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.
in topic Intelligent Topic Manager (ITM)
A reference implementation of the [Ontopia
Navigation Framework] which provides a generic topic map
browsing interface in a standard web-browser.
in topic Ontopia Omnigator
Location of a resource in Amazon's catalogue.
in topic Amazon.com URL
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.
in topic TopicMaps.Org
An open-source project to develop a standard
programming interface to access and manipulate topic map data.
in topic TMAPI.org
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.
in topic OKS
A creator of or contributor to a written work.
in topic Author
The French language.
in topic French
An email-based discussion forum. Occurrences
of this type point to a page which provides information
on how to sign up to the list.
in topic Mailing List
On first glance, the TM (Topic Map) paradigm
appears to be an attractive way to handle the complex
structures in which technical information is created and
used. A contemporary Technical Information System
consists of database items, external files or BLOBS, and
an application that knows the meaning (semantics) of all
items. TMs offer a way of describing the semantics in
the data itself, to build up a self-explaining knowledge
store. TMs promise easy integration with TM-based
knowledge bases from other sources, technical or not.
They also promise generic support for terminology
management, semantic search capabilities, inferencing
and other useful features. However, challenges are
plentiful. Due to the vast amount of information and the
needs of the users, Technical Information Systems place
high demands on the stability of the underlying
software, as well as on its performance. It is not
obvious that TMs are suitable to store the structures
underlying technical information. The advantages of TMs
may be purchased with new disadvantages. This paper is
based on the diploma dissertation of Mario Klesse, which
was written under supervision of the author, to
investigate the usefulness of TMs for Technical
Information Systems. Both agree that TMs can be used to
describe the information structures, but that the
technology is ? at the time of writing the thesis ? not
yet mature enough for productive use.
in topic XML Topic Maps And Technical Information Systems
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".
in topic Paper
A Wiki dedicated to topic maps.
in topic EasyTopicmaps
A guide to the XTM syntax written by one of
the editors of the ISO 13250 standard in which the
syntax appears.
in topic The XTM Guide: A Beginner's Guide to
the XTM Syntax
Empolis provides Knowledge Management
applications and consultancy world-wide.
in topic Empolis
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.
in topic Published Work
Programmer's documentation for a software product.
in topic API Documentation
Contains topics for the ISO standard language codes.
in topic XTM Country Codes Topic Map
Services provided include topic map analysis,
development and training and document analysis, DTD and
Schema development.
in topic eTopicality
Some item which may be purchased from one or
more vendors.
in topic Sold thing
A human natural language.
in topic Language
A huge topic map of the resources in CPAN.
in topic CPAN topic map
Resources in this category describe different
approaches to the application of topic maps to defining
the content and / or structure of web sites.
in topic Topic-map driven web sites
Contains topics representing the key concepts
of the topic map paradigm. If you are looking for a
topic for "topic" or "topicmap", you
will find them here!
in topic XTM 1.0 Core Published Subject Indicators
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.
in topic International Organisation for Standardization
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.
in topic HyTM
A topic map of resources relating to near-by galaxies.
in topic First NED TM
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.
in topic XML Schema Topic Map
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.
in topic MITRE
This group seeks to "promote the use of
Published Subjects by specifying recommendations,
requirements and best practices, for their definition,
management and application."
in topic Topic Maps Published Subjects TC
Described as being "a little old, but no
newer versions are available. (For 'foundational
model', substitute "Standard Application
Model" throughout.)".
in topic Requirements For The Standard Application Model
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.
in topic A Taxi In Knowledge Land
An association between a resource and the
individual(s) or organisation(s) with editorial
responsibility for the content of the resource.
in topic Edited By
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.
in topic The TM4J Project
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.
in topic Developing A Topic Map Programming Model
Presents the core features that underpin the
topic map standard. Acts as a base which the [Standard
Application Model For Topic Maps] extends to provide
features such as names, occurrences and associations.
in topic Reference Model For Topic Maps
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.
in topic Towards A General Theory Of Scope
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.
in topic Topic Maps, The Business Case
A topic map of human languages and their
associated writing systems created and maintained by
Lars Marius Garshol.
in topic Languages And Scripts Topic Map
A query/update language for topic maps being
developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34.
in topic TMQL
The subject of the use of topic maps in
information systems.
in topic Applications of topic maps
The date on which a resource was published.
in topic Publication Date
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.
in topic Topic Maps and RDF: A first cut
Based in Paris, France. Mondeca provides a
software solution enabling enterprises to efficiently
and intelligently organize content and knowledge.
in topic Mondeca
The original description of the topic map
paradigm, now in a second edition.
in topic ISO 13250
An online demonstration of a software
application which allows the user to interact with the software.
in topic Online Demonstration
Graphic representation of topic map information.
in topic Visualisation
The mechanism in topic maps for defining a context.
in topic Scope
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.
in topic XTM Perl Modules
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.
in topic TMNav
Since the adoption of the topic map ISO
standard in 2000 and the release of the
XTM specification earlier this year, topic maps have
gotten a great deal of attention. The concept has
been billed as the be all, end all for knowledge
organization and representation. Battles between topic
maps and RDF zealots have broken out, with
each touting the strengths and advantages of their
individual schemes. However, through the din, a common
question has arisen from users: "This sounds cool,
but what can I use it for in my organization?"
Several topic map vendors and architects have developed
example topic maps in order to demonstrate the
power of the topic map paradigm. However, in most
cases, these applications are merely toys and not of
much use in a commercial enterprise. They also deal
with topics (no pun intended), such as genealogy
and music, which are often difficult to map to
real-world applications. If potential users are unable
to bridge the chasm between the examples and their
own potential uses of the paradigm, they are rarely
willing to risk dwindling corporate resources to
field even a pilot program. In keeping with the
conference theme "What Really Works", this
paper will present a real-world application of the topic
map model in use at a real company. The application
includes a parts management system and IETM
. The paper will discuss the application and highlight
the successes and challenges encountered in designing
and implementing the system.
in topic Real World Applications of Topic Maps
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."
in topic Topic Maps Published Subjects for Geography
and Languages TC
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.
in topic Techquila's Topic Map World
Topic map about Italian Opera created and
maintained by Steve Pepper.
in topic The Opera Topic Map
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