Charting the Topic Maps Research and Applications Landscape: First International Workshop on Topic Map Research and Applications, TMRA 2005, Leipzig,

Front matter......Page 1
Introduction......Page 8
Use Case: Culture Fusion......Page 11
Use Case: Modeling......Page 13
An Hypothesis......Page 14
A Marriage of Technologies......Page 15
Conceptual Graphs as an Assertion Pattern in Subject Maps......Page 16
Conceptual Graphs as Conceptual Graphs Spliced into Subject Maps......Page 18
Summary and Conclusions......Page 19
References......Page 20
Introduction......Page 21
Metamorphosis......Page 23
Data Model......Page 24
Topic Map Discovery......Page 25
XSDS --- XML Specification for Data Sources......Page 27
Dataset Extractor......Page 28
XS4TM Processor......Page 29
Emigration Museum: A Case Study......Page 30
Conclusion......Page 31
Introduction......Page 33
Distributed Computing......Page 35
User Rights Management......Page 37
Validation Mechanisms......Page 39
Topics and Associations States Management......Page 40
Topic Maps Script Language......Page 41
An Ontology Driven Topic Maps Visualization and Modification......Page 43
An Example Application of the CGM......Page 45
Conclusions......Page 47
Introduction......Page 49
Topic Maps......Page 50
Ontology......Page 51
Application Framework Based on Topic Maps......Page 52
Standardized Interface Between Components......Page 53
Expanding Alternative......Page 54
Semantic Distance in Topic Maps......Page 55
Purpose......Page 56
Approach......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 58
Use Cases......Page 60
The Abstract Interface......Page 61
Server Operations......Page 62
Client Operations......Page 69
Syntax Identifiers......Page 70
Conclusion......Page 71
Further Work......Page 73
Introduction......Page 76
LDAP – A Distributed Directory Service......Page 77
The General Integration Concept......Page 78
Thesaurus Goes LDAP......Page 80
LDAP Goes Topic Map PSIs......Page 81
References......Page 82
The Challenge in an Example......Page 84
The Absence of Shared Vocabularies......Page 85
Semantics in Topic Maps Technologies......Page 86
The Subject Equality Decision in the Absence of Shared Vocabularies......Page 87
Topic Map Exchange and the Absence of Shared Vocabularies......Page 88
Topic Map Exchange – The State of the Art......Page 89
TMShare......Page 90
From Federated Topic Maps to TMIP......Page 91
Subject Equality Decision Approaches Besides the TMDM......Page 92
The SIM Approach......Page 93
Assessment of the SIM Approach......Page 94
Related Work......Page 96
References......Page 97
Related Work......Page 100
Topic Map Notation for ORM and UML......Page 102
Evaluation Criteria......Page 104
Semantic Stability......Page 105
Abstraction Mechanisms......Page 106
Modeling of Class Hierarchy......Page 108
Modeling of Associations and Restrictions......Page 109
Modeling Topic Characteristics......Page 110
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 111
Living Memory – Aims of the Project......Page 114
The Semantic Structure of Living Memory......Page 115
Conclusions and Further Work......Page 117
References......Page 118
Introduction......Page 119
The Subject Equality Decision Chain......Page 120
The Observation Principle......Page 123
The SemanticTalk System......Page 124
SemanticTalk and the Observation Principle......Page 125
Getting the SemanticTalk Perspective......Page 126
Creating the SemanticTalk Topic Maps View......Page 127
Integration of Background Knowledge with the SemanticTalk TMV......Page 128
Conclusion and Outlook......Page 129
References......Page 130
Introduction......Page 132
Software Engineering and Information Structuring --A Noteworthy Parallel......Page 133
Polyscopic Structuring of Information......Page 134
Information as We Need It......Page 138
Polyscopy as Orientation for Topic Map Engineering......Page 139
Implementing Polyscopic Topic Maps......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 144
Improving Collaboration Between Governmental Organizations......Page 146
ON-TOP: Integrating Governmental Organization Processes......Page 147
Subject Centric Organization with Published Subjects......Page 148
The Solution: From Application Centric to Subject Centric......Page 149
Conclusion and Further Work......Page 150
References......Page 151
Introduction......Page 152
The Just for Me Issue......Page 153
Just for Me......Page 155
Tensions Between “Ontology-Driven” and Personal Topic Map......Page 157
A Solution: Topic Maps as Mediators......Page 158
IRIS......Page 159
Related Work......Page 163
Conclusions......Page 164
References......Page 165
Description of Virtual Study Environments......Page 167
Insufficiencies in Content Management......Page 169
Topic Maps Solution for Virtual Study Environment......Page 170
Pilot Study......Page 171
References......Page 174
Motivation and Objective......Page 176
Development Phases and Modelling......Page 177
Underlying Process Model......Page 180
Visualisation of Conceptualisations......Page 181
Summary and Outlook......Page 182
Introduction......Page 184
ADNOM Approaches......Page 185
Terminological Interoperability in ADNOM with Topic Maps......Page 187
References......Page 189
Brief Tutorial......Page 190
Related Work......Page 192
The Q Model......Page 193
The Operator......Page 194
The Function......Page 195
Predicate Application......Page 196
Predicate Definitions......Page 197
Built-in Comparison Predicates......Page 198
Built-in Topic Map Predicates......Page 199
Dynamic Predicates......Page 201
Conclusion and Further Work......Page 202
Introduction......Page 204
Properties and Proxies......Page 205
Maps......Page 206
T+ Disclosures......Page 207
Disclosing TMDM......Page 208
Vocabulary......Page 209
Structures......Page 211
Discussion......Page 213
Related Work......Page 214
References......Page 215
Introduction......Page 217
Applications of the Syntax......Page 218
Design Principles......Page 219
How It Works......Page 220
Comparison with XTM......Page 222
Formal Definition......Page 225
The Serialization Process......Page 226
Producing Topic References......Page 227
TM-Views -- What Is It?......Page 228
Example of View Definition......Page 229
View Definition Language......Page 230
Applying a View to a Topic Map......Page 232
The Fragmentation Process......Page 233
TM-Views and Updates......Page 234
Conclusion......Page 235
Introduction......Page 238
Topic Maps and Variant Forms of Names: A Permanent Renovation......Page 239
Navigating Through an Archive......Page 241
Managing Related Terms in a Cultural System with a Topic Map......Page 243
References......Page 246
Introduction......Page 248
MARC Formats: Standards for the Representation of Bibliographic Information......Page 250
MARCXML Framework......Page 252
MODS: Metadata Objects Description Schema......Page 253
Requirement Analysis for MARC Modeling......Page 254
Conceptual Model of MARC Structure......Page 255
Implementation of MARCXTM......Page 256
Conclusion......Page 258
References......Page 259
Introduction......Page 260
Representing Relationships Between Data Using XML......Page 261
Exploiting XML Represented Relationships Using Topic Maps......Page 262
Search Engine for Topic Maps......Page 264
SNOMED CT......Page 266
Topic Maps Versus XML Database......Page 267
Approaching the Semantic Web......Page 268
References......Page 269
Introduction and Background to the Research......Page 270
Developing and Testing a Semantic Bridge......Page 271
Designing the Prototype......Page 273
Next Steps: Evaluating the Common Categories and Topic Map Displays......Page 275
Conclusions......Page 276
References......Page 277
Resources for the Topic Maps Research Community......Page 278
Authoring Topic Maps......Page 279
Querying Topic Maps......Page 281
A PSI Infrastructure for Topic Maps......Page 282
Topic Maps Applications......Page 284
References......Page 286
Back matter......Page 288