Topic Maps and RDF
Book Chapter, by Eric Freese
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This chapter introduces the Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF is a W3C recommendation that enables the encoding, exchange, and reuse of strucutred matadata, based on XML. RDF is often seen as a competing technology to topic maps. However, recent experiences has schown that these tweo metadata models may have much more in common tha ariginally appears at the surface.
References:
Freese, E.: Topic Maps and RDF. In: Park, J.; Hunting, S. (Hrsg.): XML Topic Maps. Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web. Addison-Wesley: (2003). p. 283-327
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As a former information scientist, I am fascinated since 1999 by the capabilities for building Topic Maps-based knowledge systems having the potential to augment human mind. One can model arbitrary knowledge organization systems, deal with semantic heterogeneity, collocate all facts about one subject in one logical place, and with TMQL have semantic retrieval on federated semantic networks. Therefore I expect bright prospects for business concepts building on the exchange of such knowledge snippets via semantic knowledge services.
