Abstract

 Biezunski, Michel    Cognitive Topic Map Web Sites: Aggregating Information Across Individual Agencies and E-Gov Initiatives   

Cognitive Topic Map Web Sites: Aggregating Information Across Individual Agencies and E-Gov Initiatives

Abstract

The Data and Information Reference Model ( DRM    Topic Maps   ) needs to use XML-based standards to render information differently for different types of users. (ISO/IEC 13250:2000-2002): Provides for cross-organization navigation to ease public access to government web sites. Provides ways to manage vocabularies and ontologies consistently across domains. Provides multiple perspectives and multiple ways to access information (e.g., multiple languages). Each agency can preserve its specific vocabularies, taxonomies, ontologies. Each agency can have as many topic maps as necessary. Higher level cross-agency mapping for integrating topics: Creation of associations between topics, preserving scope (place of origin). High-level maintenance possible without interfering with organization of knowledge in each agency. Cross-navigation possible without need to have a unique vocabulary. Not realistic to plan for a taxonomy that would encompass all aspects covered by the Business Reference Model.