This looks very like the "Concept Browser" developed in the Decomate2
Project
[Núria Gallart, "DECOMATE II Project", Exploit Interactive, issue 6, 26th
June 2000
URL: <http://www.exploit-lib.org/issu>]
...and also described in more detail by its' author, Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers
of Tilburg University (NL) at:
http://infolab.kub.nl/prj/past/decomate/pub/4-1/node10.html
dated 12/17/1998. I think it was built 'from the ground up', without using
any commercial SDK.
The end-product software of Decomate2 was licensed for further development
by Pica, and subsequently OCLC. I don't know if 'our' Concept Browser has
yet emerged in any OCLC products. But I agree with Gerry (as I did in
December 1998) that it's "the future of digital navigation".
To quote Gerry (quoting Alan Kay): "The Best Way To Predict the Future is to
Invent It" ;->
John Paschoud
InfoSystems Engineer & Projects Manager
LSE Library
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerry Mckiernan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 19 January 2002 16:35
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: TopicMap Feature in HighWire
>
>
> _TopicMap Feature in HighWire_
>
> I have learned that High Wire now offers Topic Map access
>
> [ http://highwire.stanford.edu/ ]
>
> This option is accessible from a link in the center of the homepage
>
> Browse articles:
> Biological Sciences Physical Sciences
> Medical Sciences Social Sciences
>
> Browse using TopicMap, a graphical viewer
>
> An explanation (what's this?) is also available:
>
>"TopicMap" is a special Java applet designed to help you
>navigate topics on HighWire in a graphical form. The intent is
>to give you a sense of context while navigating a large,
>tree-structured database.
>
>When TopicMap is launched, it appears in a separate window. As
>it may take 60 seconds or more to load, you will want to keep
>this separate window open to avoid having to reload frequently.
>
>When results are selected (by double-clicking on a topic with
>more than zero documents), the results show up in the original
>browser window from which TopicMap was launched. "
>
> [ http://highwire.stanford.edu/help/hbt/ ]
>
>TopicMap is based on the Hyperbolic Tree SDK for Java,
>licensed from Inxight Software, Inc. [http://www.inxight.com/ ]
>
>BTW: I speculated about the application of (another type of)
>Topic Maps in navigating e-journals in a posting nearly a year
>ago ! [Yes!]
>
> [ http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/0102/0264.html ]
>
> I wish to thank Terry Bucknell , Electronic Resources
>Manager, Harold Cohen Library, University of Liverpool, for
>The Heads Up about the HighWire
>Topic Map development!
>
> I believe that my colleagues will find TopicMaps in
>HighWire *quite* impressive. Give It a Try - t's the future of
>digital navigation! [:->]
>
> Regards,
>
>/Gerry McKiernan
>Topical Librarian
>Iowa State University
>Ames IA 50011
>
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