tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249867.post7635488318950687700..comments2023-06-18T23:28:28.840+10:00Comments on ShelterIt - My digital think-tank: What's wrong with Topic Maps people and their tools?Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10613480150660825848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249867.post-75683301741245504112008-08-08T05:13:00.000+10:002008-08-08T05:13:00.000+10:00The graph, to me, comes under the heading of "Visu...The graph, to me, comes under the heading of "Visualizations That Don't Help You Visualize." There should really be a <A HREF="http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0002HW" REL="nofollow">Tufte</A> for the semantic web. As Barta points out below, there's a lot to be said for text. After all, we've been using it for several thousands of years, with a fair measure of success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249867.post-50850189658700090342008-05-10T16:20:00.000+10:002008-05-10T16:20:00.000+10:00> People, the real group we have been trying to se...> People, the real group we have been trying to sell<BR/>> this concept to for years, just can't wrap their<BR/>> head around the Data Model to such a degree as to<BR/>> conceptualize their models!<BR/><BR/>Well, I taught TMs to Bond University students. And<BR/>a few of them even got it. Sorta.<BR/><BR/>> The Data Model is there for technologists and<BR/>> tool-makers, not people.<BR/><BR/>Also my point. With all the admiration for the tool<BR/>builders, this is a wrong development. My thesis is<BR/>that we need more lean languages. Such as that:<BR/><BR/> "Alexander Johannesen", who authors someURL,<BR/> which isa blog, holds-opinion, that adequacy<BR/> has level low for tools topicmap-editors<BR/> for task "authoring topic maps" .<BR/><BR/>This is TM-speak.rhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307769622732055649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7249867.post-5213125182094137632008-05-01T11:43:00.000+10:002008-05-01T11:43:00.000+10:00Hi Alex,I've just finished reading "The Answer to ...Hi Alex,<BR/><BR/>I've just finished reading "The Answer to How is Yes" by Peter Block. He makes some interesting suggestions that the questions we ask are driven by an engineering/economist archetype mindset. I'm not sure how this relates but I sense a connection. <BR/><BR/>Is the driver to build a topic map the right question to be answered by it?<BR/><BR/>Do topic maps need emotions?<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>David BuchanQuantum Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030865873616299380noreply@blogger.com