Re: SUO: RE: Topic Maps

["Frederick N. Chase" <fnc@mitre.org>]

"West, Matthew MR SSI-GREA-UK" wrote:
> ....
> Some responses please?
>.....


I followed the reference and ended up at
http://www.TopicMaps.org/about.html

I tried to follow two links 
( [ISO 13250] and [XTM1] ), but they were broken.

So I put "Topic Map" into Alta Vista and found 

http://www.hightext.com/Examples/wsweb/tp33.htm and, indirectly, 
http://www.infoloom.com/ .

My impression is that use of Topic Maps could enhance 
user access to an IEEE SUO.

But I note that Topic Maps allow users to
"connect information from diverse information sources, including ... legacy data."
This is not a problem that we will have.

Also, it seems likely that a debate would emerge on how the topics and relations
used within the IEEE SUO Topic Map should be related to the IEEE SUO itself.

   -Fred Chase