Re: Semantic Bleachers: was Re: Afghanistan War Diary as topic map in Maiana
"Andrew S. Townley" <[email protected]>
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On 2 Nov 2010, at 8:50 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: > Andrew, > > Three of three! > > On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 19:59 +0000, Andrew S. Townley wrote: >> On 1 Nov 2010, at 6:55 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: > > <snip> > >>> >>> My personal interest is in functional topic maps that display "merged" >>> information as it is requested. >>> >>> In that case, the answer to your question of what happens if a value >>> changes after merging is likely to be different from file oriented >>> systems. >>> >> >> Interesting. I think we're after similar goals here. What exactly do you mean by "functional" topic maps in this case? >> > > Topic maps where "merging" has no side effects on the proxies that > comprise the topic map. > > It is sufficient that when I specify merging conditions that the proxies > meeting those conditions present themselves as merged with whatever > properties I have assigned to them. > > Other functions can be executed against the results of those functions. Most certainly after similar goals here. Thanks for the clarification. Cheers, ast -- Andrew S. Townley <[email protected]> http://atownley.org