New TMDM Draft

The SAM is now called "ISO 13250-2: Topic Maps - Data Model" (TMDM). Lars Marius Garshol has announced the release of an updated draft (PDF). The first committe draft was published on 11 Nov 2003.

Tags
topicmaps
tmdm

TopicMapCentral: A site for TM Patterns

"The goal of this site is to provide a place for collaborative development of topic map patterns and ontologies. It includes a Wiki for the discussion both of the proces of pattern creation and for patterns themselves."

Tags
topicmaps
patterns

XTM4XMLDB

Stefan Lischke has developed a TMAPI implementation for an XML database called XTM4XMLDB. "XTM4XMLDB is an implementation of the TMAPI for native XML - Database, which supports the XML:DB API. XTM4XMLDB is a TopicMap engine, which works with a native XMLDB as Backend."

Tags
topicmaps
tmapi
xtm4xmldb

TM4J 0.8.3 Released

TM4J 0.8.3 "adds a number of bug fixes and new XML Catalog-based locator resolution courtesy of Murray Altheim... [it] also includes the first version of the TM4J Administrator's Tool, a GUI tool to help managed topic maps in persistent stores.

Tags
topicmaps
tm4j