Topic Maps 2008
March 17, 2008
I'm looking forward to trekking over to Oslo in a couple of weeks for Topic Maps conference. For those of you who follow this kind of thing, topic maps are an emerging framework for organizing subject-specific information:
The basic idea is simple: the organizing principle of information should not be where it lives or how it was created, but what it is about. Organize information by subject and it will be easier to integrate, reuse and share – and (not least) easier for users to find. The increased awareness of the importance of metadata and ontologies, the popularity of tagging, and a growing interest in semantic interoperability are part and parcel of the new trend towards subject-centric computing. "
File under: Informatics
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