Xml Topic Maps

Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web

Jack Park, Sam Hunting

604 pages, parution le 22/08/2002

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Résumé

The explosive growth of the World Wide Web is fueling the need for a new generation of technologies for managing information flow, data, and knowledge. This developer's overview and how-to book provides a complete introduction and application guide to the world of topic maps, the powerful new means of navigating the World Wide Web.
With contributed chapters written by today's leading Web experts, XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web is designed to be a "living document" for managing information across the Web's interconnected resources, with a companion Web site and discussion forums. Beginning with a broad introduction and tutorial of topic maps and XTM technology, the book then lays out strategies for creating and deploying the technology. Along the way the latest theoretical perspectives are offered along with a discussion of the challenges developers will face as the Web continues to evolve and develop. Looking forward, the book's concluding chapters provide a road map to the future of topic map technology and the semantic Web in general.
Further topics covered in detail include:

Topic mapping and the XTM specification
Using XML Topic Maps to build knowledge repositories
Knowledge Representation, ontological engineering, and topic maps
Transforming an XTM document into a Web page
Creating enterprise Web sites with topic maps and XSLT
Open source topic map software
XTM, RDF, and topic maps
Semantic networks and knowledge organization
Using topic maps in education
Topic maps, pedagogy, and future perspectives

Featuring the latest perspectivesfrom today's leading Web experts, this book provides the tools, techniques, and resources necessary to plot the changing course of information management across the World Wide Web.
Contents

Ch. 1 Let There Be Light
Ch. 2 Introduction to the Topic Maps Paradigm
Ch. 3 A Perspective on the Quest for Global Knowledge Interchange
Ch. 4 The Rise and Rise of Topic Maps
Ch. 5 Topic Maps from Representation to Identity: Conversation, Names, and Published Subject Indicators
Ch. 6 How to Start Topic Mapping Right Away with the XTM Specification
Ch. 7 Knowledge Representation, Ontological Engineering, and Topic Maps
Ch. 8 Topic Maps in the Life Sciences
Ch. 9 Creating and Maintaining Enterprise Web Sites with Topic Maps and XSLT
Ch. 10 Open Source Topic Map Software
Seman Text
XTM Programming with TM4J
Nexist Topic Map Testbed
GooseWorks Toolkit
Ch. 11 Topic Map Visualization
Ch. 12 Topic Maps and RDF
Ch. 13 Topic Maps and Semantic Networks
Ch. 14 Topic Map Fundamentals for Knowledge Representation
Ch. 15 Topic Maps in Knowledge Organization
Ch. 16 Prediction: A Profound Paradigm Shift
Ch. 17 Topic Maps, the Semantic Web, and Education
Glossary
App. A Tomatoes Topic Map
App. B Topic Map for Chapter 9
App. C XSLT Style Sheet for Chapter 9
App. D Genealogical Topic Map

L'auteur - Jack Park

Editor

L'auteur - Sam Hunting

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Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Jack Park, Sam Hunting
Parution	22/08/2002
Nb. de pages	604
Format	18,7 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	960g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201749601