Re: Newcomb number news
"Andrew S. Townley" <[email protected]>
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Hi Guys, On 7 Dec 2010, at 11:13 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: > Andrew, > > I am sure this is more of a promotional/community building exercise than > a canonical history of topic maps. Yeah, and I wasn't really trying to be snide about it. Not much sleep and replied too quick. Sorry. > Your question about "indirect introduction" is a good one. > > It illustrates that every modeling choice we make is just that, a choice > we made. Always subject to refinement or fitting the data into the > positions already present. > > Neither refinement nor fitting the data in is correct or incorrect. > > Simply another choice we make. > > Topic maps are about recording our choices and hopefully, if we are very > careful, making them more interchangeable, not more correct. I guess I "see"/model things differently indeed. I took the question as a "how did you hear about us?" type of question. To Robert's point, it was mediating ideas, but without that mediation, I'm not sure how I would've found topic maps other than a recommendation from someone else (which of course would've lead me back to Google to connect with that idea). Who/where did you hear about the concept of Topic Maps is an interesting question as is who's ideas/writings were most helpful and influential and in what ways? ;) Back to work for me! :) Cheers, ast -- Andrew S. Townley <[email protected]> http://atownley.org