nexxor GmbH released version 1.0 of topicWorks, their Topic Maps-based information management system. topicWorks contains a core engine, a browser, a search tool, a graphical visualizer, Microsoft Office integration, and domain-specific modules. For more information, see their web site.
Posts Tagged ‘Germany’
nexxor releases topicWorks 1.0
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Semantic Network Service
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009The German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltsbundesamt) has an interesting Topic Maps-based online service called Semantic Network Service which provides a wide range of environmental data. To try it out, search for “Leipzig”, for example. Note also the “getPSI” link on the upper right, which provides topic map fragments for the current topic. There are also quite a few other interesting services provided by the portal.
(Hat tip to Jan Schreiber.)
Last chance to register for TMRA 2009
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Today (October 28th) is the day registration at TMRA 2009 closes, so if you want to attend the conference you need to register now!
TMRA 2009 program published
Monday, October 12th, 2009The TMRA 2009 program has now been published. One highlight this year is the opening keynote by Michael Sperberg-McQueen, one of the editors of the XML Recommendation and famous for his legendary closing keynotes at Balisage/Extreme Markup. Another is the closing keynote by Steven R. Newcomb. Personally, I think what comes in between looks very good as well.
New Topic Maps engine: H-Maps
Monday, October 5th, 2009Bioinformatics firm Hölle & Hüttner AG in Germany released H-Maps on October 1st. It consists of a Topic Maps engine and server, a Mapping Framework for conversion from legacy data to Topic Maps, and a Navigator for visualizing the topic maps. There is an online demo of the Navigator, which requires you to install Microsoft Silverlight.
The TopicMapsLab in Leipzig saw a preview of the product, and did a write-up of their impressions.
DC-X
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Digital Collections, a US/German software and services company specializing in digital asset management, is developing a Topic Maps engine called DC-X. It is, as far as I can tell, commercial. Other posts provide further detail about the system.
TMLab in regional press
Monday, September 7th, 2009Leipziger Volkszeitung, the local Leipzig newspaper, has run an article on the TopicMapsLab, titled “To the desired answer in zerocommanothing” (it sounds better in German), with some nice photos of the people at the lab. It’s in German, obviously, but there’s always Google Translate.
Topic Maps tutorial in Berlin
Sunday, August 9th, 2009Lutz Maicher is going to give a half-day tutorial on Topic Maps at the Mensch & Computer 2009 conference in Berlin on September 6th. The target audience is people interested in semantic technologies but with little or no knowledge of Topic Maps. To sign up to the tutorial, contact Lutz directly.
TMRA ready for submissions
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009The TMRA 2009 conference in Leipzig in November now has the conference management system up and running, where you can submit your papers, presentation proposals, and poster proposals.
We welcome all papers on subjects to do with Topic Maps and really encourage community members to submit their papers. All accepted papers will be published in book form by the Leipzig University Press, and indexed on DBLP.
Topic Maps Academy
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009The Topic Maps Lab has started offering courses under the name Topic Maps Academy. The first course will be on the basics of Topic Maps portals, on July 6th.