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Chapter of the Week: XML Topic Maps -- Chapter 6, 'How to start topic mapping right away with the XTM specification'
Date Published:
12 JAN 2004 |
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About the White Paper:
The explosive growth of the World Wide Web is fueling the need for a new generation of technologies for managing information flow, data, and knowledge. This developer's overview and how-to book provides a complete introduction and application guide to the world of topic maps, a powerful new means of navigating the World Wide Web's vast sea of information.
XTM stands for XML Topic Maps. By the end of this chapter, which steps through the creation of two topic maps, you will know everything you need to know to start creating XML topic maps, even if you know nothing now.
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About the Publisher
Addison-Wesley is the leading publisher of high-quality and timely information for programmers, developers, and system administrators. The Company's mission is to provide educational materials concerning new technologies and new approaches to current technologies written by leading authorities. Addison-Wesley is a unit of Pearson Technology Group, the world's largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information technology, engineering and reference content. Pearson Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's leading educational publisher. Pearson Education is part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Visit them at www.awprofessional.com.
This chapter is reproduced from Jack Park and Sam Hunting's XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web by permission of Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0201749602, copyright 2003. All rights reserved. See http://www.awprofessional.com/titles/0201749602 for more information. |
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| Authors: |
| Park, Jack
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| About the Authors: |
Park, Jack:
Jack Park is a founding member of the XTM Topic Maps in XML authoring group. He was a senior scientist with VerticalNet Solutions in Palo Alto, CA, where he was actively engaged in the development of knowledgeable representation systems in support of online B2B communities. His discovery program entitled The Scholar's Companion has been used to develop knowledge bases in advanced research on hyperbaric immunology. He is the lead developer of an XML Topic Maps-based knowledge management system on the Web, and is active in the development of Open Hyperdocument Systems technology with the Bootstrap Alliance. |
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Hunting, Sam:
Sam Hunting is the principal of eTopicality, Inc., a consultancy whose service offerings include topic maps, content analysis and DTD development. HE was a founding member of TopicMaps.Org, which developed the XML Topic Maps (XTM) specification. He is a coauthor of the XTM 1.0 DTD and a cofounder of the GooseWorks project for creating open source topic map tools. |
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