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"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 at nexist..."

topicmap.com says
A must read for anyone interested in Topic Maps.

"A complex series of extensions to the World Wide Web, the Semantic Web's purpose is to make data and services far more accessible to computers and far more useful for people than the web we know today. Written for developers and programmers, this guide seeks to acquaint these users with the basic technologies and their interrelations that will be likely to play key roles in the Semantic Web. Covered are key technology areas such as knowledge modeling (RDF, Topic Maps), agents (DAML, FIPA), and Trust and Authentication. A basic conceptual approach is taken so that developers and programmers with a wide range of backgrounds and interests come to understand the essential nature of these areas, how they work, and something about some specific technologies that are being used or proposed. Important points are illustrated with diagrams and code fragments to help develop a familiarity with these Semantic Web initiatives."

Content
Chapter 7: Topic Maps and XTM, Chapter 9: Metadata architectures, Chapter 10:Processing Techniques for Metadata, Chapter 11, Further Topic Map/RDF Developments

Content
One chapter on topic maps: Chapter 10, "Sematic Documents"

topicmap.com says
A good "how to" book with lots of practical examples for Java developers. The "Sematic Documents" chapter deals with RDF and topic maps. The open source topic map engine, TM4J, is used in a small example which demonstrates how to get up and running with a topic map system.

Content
Two unrelated chapters on topic maps: (i) Topic maps: Knowledge navigation aids (ii) Application integration using topic maps

topicmap.com says
Provides a managerial overview of a wide range of areas. A good book to guage the state of play in the XML world, however, there is little practical material for developers. The chapters on topic maps are in keeping with this tone.

topicmap.com says
A seminial and often sited book. A must read for those wanting a solid foundation from which to start designing their own topic maps.