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Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] Binding topic maps without merging
Thanks Murray. That was effectively unclear to me so far ... ----- Message d'origine ----- De : "Murray Altheim" <altheim@eng.sun.com> À : <xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com> Envoyé : dimanche 18 mars 2001 09:33 Objet : Re: [xtm-wg] Binding topic maps without merging > Bernard Vatant wrote: > [...] > > But we would like to somehow bind these two TM through their common > > subjects. Let's say the subject X is represented in TM1 by topic T1 and in > > TM2 by topic T2. T1 is hence a good Subject Indicator for T2 in TM2, and > > the other way round. What would be the correct XTM syntax for such a > > binding ? I suppose <topicRef> would not be correct since T1 and T2 are not > > in the same Map, so it could not be anything else that > > <subjectIndicatorRef> - My hunch is that is a weird recursive thing, bound > > to induce strange things in a query process ! > > You are labouring under one misconception here: the <topicRef> element doesn't > require that references be to <topic> elements in the same document, only > that they point to them in some XTM document. You can certainly point to > a <topic> in a different XTM document. We've done that in our language.xtm > and country.xtm topic map when we use core.xtm#en to identify "English." > > Murray > > ........................................................................... > Murray Altheim <mailto:altheim@eng.sun.com> > XML Technology Center > Sun Microsystems, Inc., MS MPK17-102, 1601 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025 > > In the evening > The rice leaves in the garden > Rustle in the autumn wind > That blows through my reed hut. -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu > > > To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/l3joGB/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/2n6YlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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