Re: [unrev-II] Lateral location in (PSIs) in Topic Maps

From: Bernard Vatant (universimmedia@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Fri Feb 23 2001 - 02:20:30 PST

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    Nope.
    The debate is not only about hierarchies. Hierarchies are just one kind of
    associations in the Topic Maps paradigm.
    Topic Maps are indeed the tool to escape the
    verticality/hierarchical/classification paradigm in knowledge
    representation !
    What you call "lateral location" is tackled by the association concept,
    allowing multi-dimensional representation of the "semantic neighborhood" of
    a subject.
    You have all the needed technology in XTM specification
    www.topicmaps.org/xtm/1.0
    Mondeca software www.mondeca.com is allowing various topic-centered
    representations and navigation, based on both TM topological graphs
    concepts.

    Bernard

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    Objet : [unrev-II] Lateral location in (PSIs) in Topic Maps

    > The discussion by Kathleen, Bernard, Jack Park, and others,
    > especially Kathleen regarding Dressage and Three-day Eventing, sounds
    > like mostly a hierarchical structure in the list-making
    > classifications. That seems mostly a vertical structure.
    > Might it help to create a tagging mechanism to indicate some sort of
    > lateral evolution?
    >
    > For example, graphically, in several programs one can drag and
    > establish relationship lines, even label them, between multimedia
    > objects. (e.g. Correlate, MindMapper, and others you might have
    > already discussed.)
    >
    > Where some subjects cannot be classified into a list format then
    > perhaps use of the lateral location can indicate that there is a
    > topic that is related, but the classifying editors do not know where.
    > Or perhaps the topic might fit in several places, and that outboard
    > location is spatially in the center of them. i.e. "Dressage" located
    > in outboard position from the horse events, but not "trick riding"
    > category offensive to the riders.
    >
    > The outboard location's relative position as centered with respect to
    > other topics might be problematic as to what other classifications it
    > should be related to. But to the extent the editors/classifiers
    > can "look it up" in the dictionary or thesaurus (online?) they should
    > be able to make a determination.
    >
    > The editor for "Equine" or "Sporting Events" should know enough
    > about "Three-Day Eventing" to incorporate cross--country, jumping and
    > dressage, the 3 events for those 3 days, and cross-link to those
    > events. (If outboard lateral position is used.)
    >
    > Of course, most of that is in a 2-D plane. One could also use an xyz
    > axis eventually, to show 3-D relative locations in space. (See
    > Pacific Northwest Energy Labs SPIRE software shared by John Deneen
    > with me. http://multimedia.pnl.gov:2080/infoviz/index.html.
    >
    >
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