Topic Maps

According to the definition by TopicMaps.Org in XML Topic Maps (XTM) 1.0, a topic map is either

• A collection of topics, associations, and scopes that may exist in one of two forms:
  • a serialized interchange format (e.g. as a topic map document expressed in XTM syntax), or
  • some application-internal form, as constrained by the XTM Processing Requirements defined in Annex F.

or

• The document element () of a topic map document expressed using XTM syntax.

See also

• Semantic Web

References

• Jack Park und Sam Hunting: XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-74960-2

External links

• TopicMaps.Org Specification
• Tools

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