Thanks for setting up this group, Mary, and welcome, everyone. This is an open forum for discussing issues related to the Topic Map Constraint Language (TMCL)...
... Thanks for giving me this chance, Steve, and please continue with you instructions. I need all the help I can get. ... I set the archives and calendar to...
... which ... 000020.html > ... Thanks, Lars Marius. There are 7 user requirements listed in http:// www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0226.htm now. I will...
Please comment on any of these. I will add my comments too. Thanks. 1. TMCL shall permit the definition of classes of topic maps in order to: * enable the...
2. TMCL shall be based on the Topic Map Data Model (and therefore support both XTM and ISO 13250 Topic Maps). MYN: How will the TMCL support both XTM and HyTM?...
3. TMCL shall not attempt to cover every possible constraint. Instead it should provide a solution for the most commonly required kinds of constraints and, at...
4. TMCL shall provide for modularization, and the ability to extend individual sets of constraints through reference to others. LMG: Requirement #4: - This is...
5. TMCL shall be expressible as XML, using the topic map interchange syntax where applicable. LMG: Requirement #5: - Why not strengthen this by saying: "The...
6. TMCL shall build on pre-existing specifications and established best practice for knowledge representation and data modeling where possible. (Candidates for...
6. TMCL shall build on pre-existing specifications and established best practice for knowledge representation and data modeling where possible. (Candidates for...
... I agree with Tony - the use of XTM syntax could lead to TMCL being difficult to write, not because the constraint language is difficult but because of the ...
... Perhaps it would be better if these aspirations were moved into a separate section to document the goals of TMCL. Perhaps it could be a preamble to ...
Kal ... to ... produce an ... of ... started ... Agreed. I came to the same conclusion. ... bring ... syntax. Agreed, too. The road explored by Eric and Nikita...
... Sometimes along similar lines, here my stance (Now, many months after the first draft, things are a bit clearer.): [ Notes relative to N226.] General...
... I would second that, slightly differently though: TMCL will have to defined in terms of a formal model (which might be directly or indirectly SAM). ... So...
... I see this the same way. XML was designed for marking-up data. A "constraint", especially in a _defined_ language is not XML data. Marking this up in XML...
... I also think that we should exactly analyse what OWL does. I still have no good understanding how dependent OWL is on RDF. I have an uneasy feeling if we...
* Anthony B. Coates ... Tony is right. It should just be taken out. -- Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian <URL: http://www.ontopia.net > GSM: +47 98 21 55...
* Kal Ahmed ... I agree with both Tony and Kal: these are not really proper requirements, but as documentation of goals they are definitely useful. These goals...
I think that item #1 should include reference to several use cases. Use cases help us to understand what kind of user/system interactions we would like to...
... From: "Robert Barta" <rho@...> To: <tmcl-wg@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:23 AM Subject: Re: [tmcl-wg] TMCL User Requirement...
* Anthony B. Coates ... I agree with that. ... Actually, it might be better to put the use cases out into a separate document the way we are doing with TMQL....
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