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The GooseWorks Toolkit for Topic Map Information Processing

Abstract

The GooseWorks toolkit (GwTk) is an open source, Apache-licensed, implementation in C of the proposed ISO Reference Model for Topic Maps. This presentation will use the latest release of GwTk to show how a topic map application can be "omnivorous" with respect to markup -- that is, given a processing model, any markup can be consumed by the engine and represented as a topic map graph as specified in the Reference Model. Processing models that extract the inherent topic map information from Dublin Core and DocBook will be demonstrated. In addition, a prototype of a parallel processing GwTk topic map application using Linda technology will be shown for the first time. The omnivorous character of the Reference Model, combined with an easy-to-use, free toolkit designed to appeal to system administrators and developers, is expected to greatly enhance knowledge sharing.

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Biography

Jan Algermissen is a consultant and programmer who suppports projects related to information asset management. He has extensive experience in developing internet-related applications, with expertise in knowledge management, information retrieval, and markup techniques. Besides the GooseWorks toolkit for processing topic map information, his recent projects include a thesaurus server, a thesaurus editor, and a search engine. Programming Languages: C, C++,Java, Perl, Python, Ruby. RDBMS: PostGres, MySQL, mSQL. Technologies: Client/Server implementations, Posix Threads, CG!, Servlets, Applets.