term-topic-name

Type(s): Issue

Description
- XTM 1.0 has a term "topic name", but it is not clear how it relates to the term "base name". Its use in XTM 1.0 seems to be inconsistent. Is the term useful, or should it be abandoned?
Opinion
- personally i hate basename. we should really drop basename and use topicnam - but i guess the syntax legacy stops us from doing so. - Scope: Graham Moore
Resolution
- The term 'topic name' should be kept, and used for the base name and its variants. The base name item in the SAM should be called the 'topic name item', since it carries the base name and its variants.

Discussion
- http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0331.htm#term-topic-name

Object id: 809
Item identifier(s):
[file:/apps/ontopia.net/tomcat/ontopia-5.3.0/topicmaps/tm-standards.xtm#term-topic-name]