Re: MARCXML to Topic Maps implementation!

Hi Aki,

I uploaded your topic map to Maiana:
<http://maiana.topicmapslab.de/u/lars/tm/marc-tm-akis-example>
(using your
<http://www.wandora.org/wandora/download/other/marc2topicmap_example.zip>)


[MARCXML -> Topic Maps]
> When a record is found
>    Create a topic for the record
>    For each field in the record
>       Create an association where association type is field code
>       For each subfield
>          Create a role topic using subfield code
>          Create a player topic using subfield value
>          Add created player and role to the association
>       If a field has an indicator
>          Add it to the association as a player with a static role

> Simple as that.

I know that this is meant as prototype but I think without a proper
ontology this translation makes not much sense. You put MARCXML into a
a Topic Maps envelope and that's it.

I suspect that the topic map provides any advantage over the MARCXML
records.

Don't get me wrong, I back your effort and I think it is good to see
that someone does actually something, but the advantages of Topic Maps
remain unclear if you translate MARCXML literally to Topic Maps.

Best regards,
Lars
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