[sc34wg3] Essence of the TMRM

Martin Bryan sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:01:11 +0100


Patrick

> What is NOT OK is to redefine 13250 in such a way that all subject
> proxies in all topic maps must use only certain standardized kinds
> of information as subject descriptors, and only certain ways of
> comparing such restricted kinds of information.  In other words, it is
> not OK for TMDM to re-state 13250 in such a way that, where 13250
> had left things wide open for Application designers to decide, 13250
> will now be a single, pre-designed Application.

Beautifully stated. I could never have got such clarity to my objections to
the XTM-based model.

> Hope everyone is having a great day!

It was terrible until your message cheered me up. Thanks

Martin Bryan