Vote on Committee Draft ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 N 185

Date of circulation:
2001-01-18

Closing date:
2001-04-18

Reference number ISO/JTC 1/SC 34 N 184

 

ISO/JTC 1/SC 34

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Secretariat: USA

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ISO/IEC

Title:  Preliminary working draft for Topic Map Conceptual Model

 

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APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT AS PRESENTED

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APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT WITH COMMENTS AS GIVEN ON THE ATTACHED

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DISAPPROVAL OF THE DRAFT FOR REASONS ON THE ATTACHED

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Acceptance of these reasons and appropriate changes in the text will change our vote to approval

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ABSTENTION (FOR REASONS BELOW):

P-member voting:

JAPAN

Date:

2001-04-11

Submitted by:

Yushi KOMACHI

Address Reply to: Sara Hafele, Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34, ANSI, 11 West 42nd St , New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-642-4937; Facsimile: 212-840-2298; E-Mail: shafele@ansi.org

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(1) Notation of the diagrams

Create a new clause of "Reference", where the document of Unified Modelling Language should be specified.

The TM conceptual model specific notation, e.g., "+", should be defined.

(2) The 5th Figure

The line from "Addressable Subject" to "Subject" should be a Line ending in hollow triangle: from subtype to type.

(3) Clause "Association Templates define classes of Association"

An Association Template for marriage, for example, may have two Roles, 'may-be-husband', played the class of men, and 'may-be-husband', played the class of women.

should be

An Association Template for marriage, for example, may have two Roles, 'may-be-husband', played the class of men, and 'may-be-wife', played the class of women.

(4) Clause "Topic Occurrences are Associations between Topics and Resources"

The TopicRole may be played by any Topic at all, but the OccurrenceRole must be played by a Topic whose Subect is a Resource.

should be

The TopicRole may be played by any Topic at all, but the OccurrenceRole must be played by a Topic whose Subject is a Resource.

(5) Top headline "XML Topic Maps, Introduction"

It should be "Introduction to Topic Maps" rather than "Introduction to XML Topic Maps".

"Topic Map Conceptual Model" should be dealt with before describing "XTM Conceptual Model".

(6) The 9th Figure

The arrow from "Class" to "Topic" should be the arrow from "Topic" to "Class".