Entwicklung eines Java-basierten Editors für Topic Maps

The Topic Map standard (ISO 13250:1999) defines a model for building knowledge-networks and associating them with information resources. These networks allow easy and selective navigation to the requested information. XTM (XML Topic Map) is based on the ISO standard and was developed to use Topic Maps in the World Wide Web. The goal of this work was to develop a 3D-View and Edit-Tool for XTM. The first part of the work explains the XTM-standard and compares existing knowledge-network viewers and editors. In the next part several 3D-visualization and Topic Map APIs/tools are reviewed. Based on the gained results a concept for a XTM-3D-View and Edit-Tool is created. The last part describes the design and implementation of the tool