Et Tu, Brute? Topic Maps and Discourse Semantics

Article, was published by Lars Johnsen at 2010-09-30

This paper proposes how to propositional, grammatical, modal and textual meaning may be encoded using a layered approach.

Arguably, to count as a truly semantic technology Topic Maps should not only be capable of encoding the meaning of individual propositions but also the rich semantics of discourse, i.e. the kind of information flows that we associate with running text or fluent speech. In this article, it is discussed how various forms of discourse meaning may be represented in topic maps. More specifically it is suggested how propositional, grammatical, modal and textual meaning may be encoded using a layered approach. In addition, it is briefly mentioned where “discourse topic maps” may be put to use.

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Lars Johnsen

Larsjo@sitkom.sdu.dk

Lars is author of National Data.. , Open Educational Topic Maps:.. , Topic Maps: From Information.. , and Et Tu, Brute? Topic Maps and.. .

Nowadays Topic Maps appears to be very suitable for being applied in Libraries, Archives and Museums. It provides a suitable model and mechanisms for depth indexing, classification and the implementation of FRBR, CIDOC-CRM or other conceptualizations.