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VendorsThe topic map market is now becoming more mature with a number of vendors providing industry strength topic map engines, navigators, other tools and consulting services. The following lists the main players and includes some basic information on each which has been lifted from their press releases. Ontopia"Ontopia, The Topic Map Company(TM), is the world's leading provider of generic topic map software. Its principals have been actively involved in developing and promoting the topic map paradigm for many years." "Ontopia's flagship product, the Ontopia Knowledge Suite(TM), currently comprises a full-featured topic map engine that supports both the ISO 13250 and XML Topic Map (XTM) specifications, and the Ontopia Topic Map Navigator, a framework for building web-based topic map delivery applications. Ontopia technology provides added value to web portals, content management systems, knowledge-based intranet applications, and enterprise application integration." Ontopia has headquarters at Waldemar Thranes gt. 98, N-0175 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-23 23 30 80. Fax: +47-23 23 30 81. Infoloom"InfoLoom,Inc. is a leading provider of knowledge networking solutions, worldwide. At InfoLoom we make things happen. We are now involved in proposing to our customers new and workable solutions for managing their information assets and participating to global knowledge interchange. We are now bringing together the knowledge management community with the information management community. We are starting to work on the new generation of the Web, the "Semantic Web". We are active participants in the Topic Map standards. Our technology, the Topic Map Loom core, is used in our product range, aimed for executives, for webmasters and for enterprise users. These tools are compliant with the ISO 13250 Topic Map standard and with the XML Version 1.0 Specification, as well." "InfoLoom, Inc. has been founded by two partners: Dianne Kennedy, an information technologies consultant who plays a major role in helping the industry adopt and implement new technology standards and Michel Biezunski, co-editor of the ISO 13250 Topic Maps standard, and founding co-chair of the XTM specification. Michel Biezunski has designed and created the Topic Map Loom technology, a tool used to create and maintain easy-to-use topic maps." Mondeca"Mondeca designs software components and solutions for index management enabling content organization, information retrieval and information visualization. Mondeca provides a complete suite of software components - Mondeca Organizer, Mondeca Navigator, Mondeca Viewer - for Independent Software Vendors, System Integrators and Developers to improve performance and efficiency of content management, document management, Enterprise Information Portal, knowledge management, and e-business solutions. These components conform to the Topic Map model, work on an open architecture (XML, XTM, XSLT, Java, EJB), and have been designed from the ground up as a scalable, modular and secure solution." "Mondeca is active in the Semantic Web specification work as a founding member of XTM (XML Topic Maps). The Mondeca technical team unites proven experts in Ontology, Graph Theory, and Information Visualization from research labs and industries." Networked Planet"NetworkedPlanet is a company of high-calibre topic map experts with extensive experience in developing and working with the topic maps standard. NetworkedPlanet was formed in 2004 to develop topic map processing tools and applications specifically for the Microsoft .NET platform... The company's first product... TMCore05 has been designed as a toolkit to enable developers on the Microsoft .NET platform to create scalable topic map applications with robust persistent storage and full support for a multi-user environment. The engine supports the full range of the ISO standard Topic Maps specification and also provides a flexible web services API and easily-processed XML syntax to enable rapid application development and flexible deployment in a .NET environment." Empolis"empolis - The Information Logistics Company - is the leading supplier of enterprise content and knowledge management solutions. Over 18 years of experience and comprehensive know-how, including substantial knowledge of complex business processes, build the foundation of our specific solutions designed for a multitude of diverse areas of application. empolis has a proven track record, not only in using open industry standards, but also being in the driver's seat of developing and approving various new standards like ISO Topic Maps, TMQL or XTM." "empolis systems are based on the information logistic principle: process, integrate and navigate both structured and unstructured data. This means that users can find the precise information they are looking for, exactly when they need it - personalized, in the correct medium and totally independent of data format. The sheer volume of information is simplified and its value exponentially increased. Information processes are optimized and result in company internal and external information delivery in premium quality." "empolis is an arvato AG subsidiary, an international media service company and part of Bertelsmann AG. empolis hereby belongs to a unique, powerful network and is directly integrated into the value chain of arvato ranging from Logistic/Supply Chain Management, Customer Loyalty Systems and Service Center Support, professional and customized IT Services, CD-ROM, DVD and Audio CD print and manufacturing. empolis employs 250 people in Germany and four international divisions." www.empolis.comApplicationsThe following companies have integrated topic map technology into their product. intelligent views gmbh"Our technology platform K-Infinity is the solution for knowledge management based on knowledge networks. Knowledge networks add meaning to your data and thereby guarantee a new level of information processing. Knowledge networks enable the user to execute intelligent semantic search queries of data sources, and offers new ways of navigating paths through the data. K-Infinity uses the Topic Maps Standard as an exchange format."USU AG"USU AG develops and distributes products and solutions for the comprehensive integration of corporate knowledge into company business processes and applications. The three business areas of this software house, founded in 1977, provide strategies, products and solutions for the fields of Knowledge Management, IT Controlling and e-Business. With these key competences, the company assumes a leading position in the area of integrated knowledge business solutions. Long-standing customer relations connect USU AG with market leaders from all industries in Germany." "Under the term 'knowledge management', resources and contents already existing within companies in the form of knowledge and information are extracted, compiled, managed and made available again. USU compresses information relating to knowledge in the context of the user. This is enabled by an internationally patented research technology: USU KnowledgeMiner. The USU KnowledgeMiner is a modular software product for the structure of topics and for rendering access to information in heterogeneous IT environments uniform. An internet browser is used on the client side to access information." Contact: MoresophyMoresophy "use a neural-network approach in our L4 Indexer product for text mining. It is integrated into our L4 KM platform where it can be used for:
Also, the "L4 Modeller supports the import and export of XML TopicMaps (XTM Standard) starting with the Professional Edition." www.moresophy.comKalidoKalido offers MDM, web-based master data management software, that has the ability to output native XML Topic Maps. ConsultantsEach of the vendors above provides consulting services along with the software products offered. The consultants listed below are respected in the field and offer topic map services. Techquila"Techquila offers both consultancy and system development services. Our principal area of expertise is in the practical application of standards-based technologies. With many years of experience in designing and developing software systems using SGML, XML and their related technologies Techquila is the ideal choice for standards-based systems consultancy and development." Innodata Isogen"Innodata Isogen improves the way companies create, manage and distribute information. In the realm of Topic Maps, Innodata Isogen is also uniquely positioned to leverage this powerful knowledge integration technology by working as an integrator partner with all major Topic Map software vendors or by developing custom Topic Map applications. In addition, we also have experience working in the development of Topic Map XTM, as well as various other semantics-centric/syntax-driven systems. We also employ nearly 7,000 content specialists who can perform Topic Map encoding at any level of complexity."Coolheads"Coolheads provides select technical services, including Topic Map Production Services using Michel Biezunski's Topic Map Loom technology." Cogitech"Cogitech, Inc. is an XML, XSLT and Knowledge Technologies consulting company. Our specialists are skilled in XSLT, Topic Maps, RDF, Java, C++, VB, Python, Perl, RDBMS Systems, Win32 and Linux platforms." RivCom"As key members of the group that developed the standard, we are among the world's leading experts in the XML Topic Maps standard for knowledge representation, navigation and linking." TopicmappingJan Algermissen provides "Consulting services for information organization". Want to be listed? Please drop me a line with a small spiel. Thanks. |
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