tmproc Version 0.20: a Topic Maps Implementation

Date:     13 Jul 1999 13:45:33 -2300
From:     Geir Ove Grønmo <grove@infotek.no>
To:       topicmapmail@infoloom.com
Subject:  ANN: tmproc 0.20, a Topic Maps implementation

Hello,

I'm pleased to announce the second release of tmproc, a Topic Map processor. This release is updated according to the final standard.

Suggestions and bug reports should be sent to: grove@infotek.no

Enjoy!

Geir O. Grønmo

Title: tmproc

Version: 0.20

Released: July 14th 1999

Author: Geir O. Grønmo, grove@infotek.no

Homepage: http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/tmproc/index.html

What's new?

This version supports the final release of the standard.
Minor bugfixes
Works with the Java Platform (JPython [1])

What is tmproc?

tmproc is an implementation of the new international standard ISO/IEC 13250 Topic Maps [2]. tmproc is written in Python, and should work on any platform to which Python have been ported - including the Java Platform.

What are Topic Maps?

'Topic Maps' is a new international standard (ISO/IEC 13250) for layering multidimensional topic spaces on top of information assets. The standard covers concepts like topics, associations, occurrences and facets/metadata. Topic Maps are expected to have a major impact on future information systems.

Features

Import, export, query and manipulation of topic maps.
Full set of extensible topic map classes with clearly defined interfaces.
Optional architectural processing [requires xmlarch].
Introduction and reference documentation.
Statistical and information printing classes
Command line utility for interactive exploration

Requirements

Python 1.5.1 or newer [3]
An SGML/XML parser with a SAX driver
SAX for Python [4]
xmlarch 0.25, optional unless architectural processing is needed [5]

Licence

tmproc is free for both non-commercial and commercial use. Redistribution of tmproc in commercial products requires another licence. See [*] for detailed licence information.

References

[1] http://www.jpython.org/
[2] http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/SC34/
[3] http://www.python.org/
[4] http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/download/python/xml/saxlib.html
[5] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/xmlarch/index.html

[*] http://www.infotek.no/~grove/software/tmproc/licence.html

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