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XML Topic Maps (XTM) represent a powerful new tool for transforming the Web from a vast, chaotic sea of data into a highly usable information resource. XML Topic Maps is the first comprehensive, authoritative guide to this new technology. Edited by Jack Park, a leader of the XTM community, with contributions from leading members of the community, it covers every aspect of XML Topic Map creation and usage.KEY TOPICS-Drawing on the XTM 1.0 standard, a complete XML grammar for interchanging Web-based Topic Maps, this book shows how XML Topic Maps can be utilized as an enabling technology for the new "Semantic Web," in which information is given well-defined meaning, making it possible for computers and people to cooperate more effectively than ever before. Coverage includes- creating, using, and extending XML Topic Maps; ontological engineering; and the use of XML Topic Maps to create next-generation knowledge representation systems and search tools. Park shows how to use Topic Maps to visualize data; how Topic Maps relate to RDF and semantic networks; and finally, how Topic Maps presage a profound paradigm shift in the way information is represented, shared, and learned on the Internet -- and everywhere else. MARKET-For every Web designer, developer, and content specialist concerned with delivering and sharing information in more useful and meaningful forms.

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XML Topic Maps (XTM) represent a powerful new tool for transforming the Web from a vast, chaotic sea of data into a highly usable information resource. XML Topic Maps is the first comprehensive, authoritative guide to this new technology. Edited by Jack Park, a leader of the XTM community, with contributions from leading members of the community, it covers every aspect of XML Topic Map creation and usage. Drawing on the XTM 1.0 standard, a complete XML grammar for interchanging Web-based Topic Maps, this book shows how XML Topic Maps can be utilized as an enabling technology for the new "Semantic Web," in which information is given well-defined meaning, making it possible for computers and people to cooperate more effectively than ever before. Coverage includes: creating, using, and extending XML Topic Maps; ontological engineering; and the use of XML Topic Maps to create next-generation knowledge representation systems and search tools.

Park shows how to use Topic Maps to visualize data; how Topic Maps relate to RDF and semantic networks; and finally, how Topic Maps presage a profound paradigm shift in the way information is represented, shared, and learned on the Internet -- and everywhere else. For every Web designer, developer, and content specialist concerned with delivering and sharing information in more useful and meaningful forms.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Excellent summary of the field, 2 Sep 2002 By A Customer I have been studying Topic Maps for about a year now. Based on web sites, technical journals and conference articles my knowledge of Topic Maps was quite well established but there were still grey areas. As far as I know, this is the first book that is entirely devoted to the subject of Topic Maps. I was therefore very pleased to find that the range of chapters covered all of the things I was concerned with and I found answers to many of my questions. There were also new things that I had not been aware even after a year of searching the Web. The subject of Topic Maps has developed over past years and having read articles from different authors from past years, it was good to find that this book summarises the state of the field to date. It was with a sense of relief that I read this book and realised that I was on the right track and agreeing with the expert authors. Obviously there are some negative points that I could mention but these are really minor details and I cannot imagine that the editors could have made a better job of compiling this collection of expert voices into a single voice. This book is therefore an excellent summary of the field as it is - like a snap shot of time - and a very useful one for anyone trying to get up to speed in the area. If this book had been around a year ago - when I started looking into Topic Maps - I would have been able to learn all I needed to know in 1 month rather than 12.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?