- From: Jan Algermissen <jalgermissen@topicmapping.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:47:16 +0100
- To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
Sandy Pan wrote: > hi all > > May i know some points about what the advantages is , comparing Topic Maps > and current RDF. personally i feel Topic Maps seems to be maturer than current RDF. > > any idea of it? thank u very much. Sandy, here is a difference I just realized today: Any structured document is a serialization of information and can be transformed into any other syntax given the right transformation guidelines. It is possible to transform any RDF document into XTM and the other way round. It is also possible to transform any XML document into RDF and also into XTM. But there is a key difference: if designed carefully[1], XML already *is* RDF and this nicely enables data integration: While various applications can talk to each other using their preferred XML DTD/schema, all these exchanged documents can be processed by a single RDF-aware application. For example, this single RDF-aware application can easily integrate purchase orders, customer data and reports about parts in stock. Jan [1] http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/10/30/rdf-friendly.html -- Jan Algermissen http://www.topicmapping.com Consultant & Programmer http://www.gooseworks.org
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