Re: RDDL possibilities

Hi Folks

Jonathan Borden
 > I am not sure what a "Published Subject Indicator" is, so at least I did not
> consider that solution. What would that look like?

John Cowan
> A subject indicator is a resource (web page, mailbox, what have you)
> that by convention refers to a certain concept or Real World object.

Want to find more updated stuff about Published Subjects?
Stay tuned with OASIS Topic Maps Published Subjects Technical Committee
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tm-pubsubj/index.shtml

You will see that we are struggling now to refine definitions and set recommendations.
See particularly (still in the working, new release TBD those days)
 http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tm-pubsubj/docs/recommendations/psdoc.htm

Just a remark. A "subject indicator", or "subject definition resource" - depending if you
consider the viewpoint of the publisher or the one of the user, e.g. topic map author -
can identify *any* kind of subject, be it real-world individual object, concept, notion
... whatever can be "reified" by a <topic> element in a topic map.

Hope that helps.

Bernard

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Bernard Vatant - Consultant
Mondeca - "Making Sense of Content"
www.mondeca.com

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