See the papers from the XML Europe 2000 Conference: (1) Topic Maps: a user perspective; (2) Topic Maps: a technical perspective.
10. Topic Maps: a user perspective (4 papers) The "GPS of the information universe" Heinz Wittenbrink The TAO of Topic Maps Steve Pepper Topic Map cartography Colin Baird Topic Maps go XML Steven R. Newcomb, Michel Biezunski -------------------------------------------- 25. Topic Maps: a technical perspective (8 papers) Answer is just a question [of matching Topic Maps] Rafal Ksiezyk Creating semantically valid topic maps Geir Ove Grønmo Information management - Topic Maps visualization Benedicte Le Grand, Michel Soto Making topic maps more colourful Hans Holger Rath Topic Maps for repositories Kal Ahmed Topic Map technology - the state of the art Graham Moore Towards knowledge organization with Topic Maps Alexander Sigel M.A. Using Topic Maps Eric Freese