Hey y'all -- I'm looking for a good sample file or two to include with the release of FacetMap software. That's right, not only do you get to run FacetMap on...
Well, as I developed the play-at-home version of facetmap, I finally got the chance to update facetmap terms so that they were more like XFML terms. This meant...
http://www.jeremyshantz.com/software/xfml/cardinal/ Jeremy is on this group but with the no-email option. If he sees this: cool! Some good ideas for developing...
Hey Travis, Taxomita is coming out soon (week or two), then a lot of maps should become available because Taxomita lets you easily create maps. A map of XFML...
http://xfml.org/spec/1.0.preview.html#revisions I added the suggested revisions (thanks all!) Could you have a quick look and make sure I didn't write anything...
I'm looking for volunteers to test drive the beta of taxomita. You need PHP and mySQL on a server to install it. If you don't have a server, you can also use a...
... Fixed. ... Well, maybe not mergable as in topicmaps, the idea is more that you can automatically import parts of other maps based on <psi> and <connect>. I...
... That's true. In that case, you have a merging conflict that can only be (in xfml) resolved by intervention of a person (who told the system to merge those...
Hi folks. I've just checked again and according to section 4.2.6.3 of the XFML 1.0 spec it seems that in order for topic A to be a parent to topic B it is ...
... Any given person may actually be a member of more than one organisation. Members of the board of directors is good example, as are part-timer consultants....
... You want to show the relationship between CompanyX and P1? There is no way of modelling that in XFML. You can model it in your internal environment, but...
* Matt Mower ... As Peter says, you can't do this with a faceted classification system. It seems that what you want is topic maps. Here's what you want to say...
Hi Peter, Eric, Sorry but I am still unclear as to the reason *why* a child topic must be in the same facet as its parent. I must infer, from the references ...
Hi Matt, Wouldn't you say that the whole notion of a *faceted* classification would be undermined if there were to be topic relationships between topics from ...
... This is probably a good rule, if for no other reason than it makes people think through how to apply the facet model, like in the situation you're trying...
... Also, (I probably shoulda said this first) because facets are mutually exclusive. So says the spec. "A topic can only possibly belong to one facet," and...
Hi Albert, I don't have a firm notion of what a faceted classification is or why this would break it. I assumed that everyone had already guessed I am just a...
Hi Travis, Okay this makes sense. The whole thing seems to hinge on the phrase "since a topic presumably includes all its children" which is not my ...
Hi Travis, Thank you. Your responses have highlighted that it was dangerous for me to use XFML without a clear understanding of the theory upon which it ...
... in this case. Actually I think this is a really good point. The semantics of parent child relationship isn't really spelled out by the spec [1] (at least,...
Hi Matt, XFML is XTM without the steroids. The whole notion of faceted classification as Travis explained in the previous posts is fundamental to XFML. As is...
... And with some imposed semantics (ie. Facets) and limited structure (ie. hierarchy). In XTM you can have complex relationships between topics. In XFML no...
... This is being addressed in the update that I'm working on. :) A child doesn't so much mean a subclass (as in that in inherits properties) but more of a...
... [...] ... I don't agree with Travis here, People and Organisations are pretty classic facets. I can easily imagine a document discussing George Bush's ...
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