tmproc 0.20, a Topic Maps implementation
Hello,
I'm pleased to announce the second release of tmproc, a Topic Map processor. This release is updated according to the final standard.
Suggestions and bug reports should be sent to: grove@infotek.no
Enjoy!
Geir O. Grønmo
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Title: tmproc
Version: 0.20 Released: July 14th 1999
Author: Geir O. Grønmo, grove@infotek.no
Homepage: http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/tmproc/index.html
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What's new?
o This version supports the final release of the standard. o Minor bugfixes o Works with the Java Platform (JPython[1])
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What is tmproc?
tmproc is an implementation of the new international standard ISO/IEC 13250 Topic Maps[2]. tmproc is written in Python, and should work on any platform to which Python have been ported - including the Java Platform.
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What are Topic Maps?
'Topic Maps' is a new international standard (ISO/IEC 13250) for layering multidimensional topic spaces on top of information assets. The standard covers concepts like topics, associations, occurrences and facets/metadata. Topic Maps are expected to have a major impact on future information systems.
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Features
o Import, export, query and manipulation of topic maps.
o Full set of extensible topic map classes with clearly defined interfaces.
o Optional architectural processing [requires xmlarch].
o Introduction and reference documentation.
o Statistical and information printing classes
o Command line utility for interactive exploration
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Requirements
- Python 1.5.1 or newer [3] - An SGML/XML parser with a SAX driver - SAX for Python [4] - xmlarch 0.25, optional unless architectural processing is needed [5]
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Licence
tmproc is free for both non-commercial and commercial use. Redistribution of tmproc in commercial products requires another licence. See [*] for detailed licence information.
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References
[1] http://www.jpython.org/ [2] http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/SC34/ [3] http://www.python.org/ [4] http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/download/python/xml/saxlib.html [5] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/xmlarch/index.html
[*] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/tmproc/licence.html
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<P><A HREF="http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/tmproc/index.html">tmproc 0.20</A> - an implementation of Topic Maps, a new international standard (ISO/IEC 13250:1999) for layering multidimensional topic spaces on top of information assets. (13-Jul-99)
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Geir Ove Gr�nmo