In short, Maiana is the first social Topic Maps browser and the most visible graduate from the Topic Maps Lab . The platform is based on the web technology Ruby on Rails running with JRuby and uses the Topic Maps engine RTM which in turn uses Ontopia.

Maiana was first presented at TMRA 2009 in Leipzig. So far, users may create topic maps, browse topic maps published by other users and download them. In the next few weeks more graduates from the Topic Maps Lab, like TMQL4J to query a map and the TMCL validator to check it against its schema, will be integrated. While these basic tools have its value for Topic Maps researchers, Maiana will distinct itself from other Topic Maps-based platforms through its social and integration component – Topic Maps (data sources) may be shared and linked together.

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