Work in progress on Topic Maps

The Draft "RM4TM" ISO Reference Model for ISO 13250 Topic Maps and the Draft "SAM" Standard Application Model for ISO 13250 Topic Maps (including the XTM syntax) (together, these supersede PMTM4/TMPM4)

• RM4TM: ISO Reference Model for Topic Maps
• SAM: ISO Standard Application Model

Topicmaps.net's Processing Model for XTM 1.0 (also known as "PMTM4" and "TMPM4", now superseded by RM4TM and SAM)

• Version 1.0.2, July 25, 2001
• Previous version: December 4, 2000

The GooseWorks.org Toolkit for Topic Map Information Processing, an implementation and facilitation of PMTM4 by Jan Algermissen and Sam Hunting

The structure of Topic Maps Foundations: two DTDs for Topic Maps Graphs á la PMTM4

• A Topic Maps Graph in XML, Version 1.0, June 27, 2001.
• An API to a Topic Maps Graph, Version 1.0 June 27, 2001

A draft statement of requirements for a comprehensive topic map query language (May 6, 2001)

Main References

• The XTM 1.0 Document Type Definition (February 2001)
• The XTM 1.0 Core Deliverables Published Subjects (December 4, 2000)
• The XTM 1.0 Core Deliverables Conformance Clause (December 4, 2000)

Recent presentations

• Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb, Making Semantics Addressable -- Topic Maps Unclothed, Semantic Web Working Symposium, Stanford, Palo Alto, California, July 31, 2001.
• Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb, Topic Maps and XTM, A Manager's Overview, Knowledge Technologies 2001, Austin, March 5, 2001.
• Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb, A Processing Model for Topic Maps, Knowledge Technologies 2001, Austin, March 6 2001.
• Chris Higgins, From Objects to Assets: The Fungibility of Knowledge, Knowledge Technologies 2001, Austin, March 6 2001.

Related Standards and Initiatives

• International Organization for Standardization: ISO/IEC 13250:2000 http://www.iso.ch. An unofficial copy of the ISO Topic Maps standard can be found at http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0129.pdf.
• TopicMaps.Org: XTM 1.0: http://www.topicmaps.org
• World Wide Web Consortium: Resource Description Framework: http://www.w3.org/RDF/
• World Wide Web Consortium: Semantic Web: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
• http://www.semanticweb.org
• DARPA Agent Markup Language: http://www.daml.org

Mailing Lists

• General Interest Topic Map List: http://www.infoloom.com/mailman/listinfo/topicmapmail
• XTM Working Group: http://www.yahoogroups.com" (xtm-wg)
• TMQL Working Group: http://www.yahoogroups.com (tmql-wg)
• RDF Interest Group: http://www.w3.org/RDF/Interest/
• RDF Logic: mail: mailto:[email protected] Subject: subscribe
• DAML : http://www.daml.org
• Standard Upper Ontologies: mail: mailto:[email protected] In body: subscribe standard-upper-ontology

Links to related works

• Kathleen Fisher's works on graphical knowledge representation to enhance learning and teaching: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/CRMSE/kfisher_knowrep.html

About the operators/editors of the Topicmaps.net Web Site

Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb have been working together since 1992. They co-founded the CApH Group (Conventions for the Applications of HyTime), hosted by the Graphic Communications Association Research Institute (now called IDEAlliance). With Martin Bryan, Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb co-edited the ISO/IEC 13250:2000 "Topic Maps" standard. They co-founded TopicMaps.Org, and they were the first editors of XTM 1.0, an interchange syntax for topic maps in XML.

Steven R. Newcomb is a consultant working for Coolheads Consulting in information management. With Charles F. Goldfarb, W. Eliot Kimber, and Peter Newcomb, he is a co-editor of the HyTime international standard (ISO/IEC 10744:1997, Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language).

Michel Biezunski is consultant working for Coolheads Consulting. Among other things, he is designing and implementing topic maps solutions for its customers.

Last updated: November 25, 2002.