Sorry
about a blank subject before...
Came across a good CalTech presentation called
Relevance of Topic Maps
The presentation has the infamous Cregan datamodel on
page 5. The question is why not use this already-certified ISO
datamodel being mapped to RDF somewhere -- why not IT be the
foundational conceptual model of Wikidata? Topic
Map API could be built into the WOM. It's a good initial
architecture for a cognitive model to interact at the human level
and the data storage model at the triples
level.
I like SKOS and Dublin Core as core
ontologies for Wikidata. SKOS is a subject index and Dublin Core is the index
card. SMW subobjects like fullpagename#fullpagename expressions can be
(have) a (the) Dublin Core set of properties; this design
satisfies directly the needs of RSS folks an importatn
requirement.
Maybe melding Topic Maps, RDF and Wikis might
boost web semantics by creating an orientation towards understanding
pithy lexical language expressions common in subject headings. Doing so would be
a major practical milestone to achieve alongside semantic infoboxes -- that
might create a bit more buzz than "formalizing the adoption of database
technology" would, in its own right (I say this with reference to Ward
Cunningam's latest interests). Essentially it'd be great to integrate
wikidata topic maps with (group) mind mapping contexts - another
natural fit that so could rock.