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Recommendations of May 2006 Meeting of WG3

1. FCD 13250-1: Topic Maps -- Introduction and Basic Concepts

WG3 instructs the Editors to prepare a new draft based on discussions at the Seoul meeting for circulation to members of WG3.

2. FDIS 13250-2: Topic Maps -- Data Model

WG3 instructs the Editors to forward any typographical corrections to to N696 to ISO Central Secretariat for publication upon successful completion of the FDIS ballot.

3. FDIS 13250-3: Topic Maps -- XML Syntax

WG3 instructs the Editors to incorporate the decisions taken at the Seoul meeting and submit the document for immediate FDIS ballot.

4. FCD 13250-4: Topic Maps -- Canonical XML Syntax

WG3 instructs the Editors to respond to National Body comments in N615, and to incorporate the decisions taken at the Amsterdam meeting into a new draft and submit the document for a new FCD ballot.

5. WD 13250-5: Topic Maps -- Reference Model

The Editors are instructed to incorporate the decisions taken at the Seoul meeting into a new draft and submit it for CD ballot by July 1 2006.

6. WD 13250-6 Topic Maps -- Compact Syntax

WG3 thanks the Norwegian National Body for contributing the CTM3 proposal (appended to N722) and appoints Prof. Sam Oh, Gabriel Hopmans, and Lars Heuer as Editors. The Editors are requested to prepare an initial draft of CTM based on discussions at the Seoul meeting and circulate it to members of WG3.

7. WD 13250-7 Topic Maps -- Graphical Notation

WG3 appoints Prof. Jaeho Lee and Graham Moore as Editors and requests them to prepare an initial draft of GTM based on discussions at the Seoul meeting and circulate it to members of WG3.

8. CD 18048 Topic Maps -- Query Language

WG3 instructs the Editors to forward N731 to the SC34 secretariat for immediate CD ballot.

9. CD 19756 Topic Maps -- Constraint Language

WG3 instructs the Editors to respond to National Body comments in N721 and prepare a new draft based on discussions at the Seoul meeting and circulate it to members of WG3.

10. Dublin Core Metadata

WG3 requests that SC34 propose a New Work Item for a Technical Report on a method for expressing Dublin Core metadata using Topic Maps (N758) (NWI), N759 (dc.xtmm and dc.ltmm).

WG3 further requests that SC34 establish a liaison with the W3C in order to ensure that this method is compatible with the method used for expressing Dublin Core metadata using RDF. This liaison should also be involved in the ongoing work in the W3C on RDF/Topic Maps Interoperability.

11. Repositories for Published Subjects

WG3 instructs the convenor of WG3 to initiate a joint activity with the W3C and OASIS to codify and disseminate the principles of Published Subjects, originally developed as part of ISO 13250 (under the name Public Subjects) and further refined by the OASIS Published Subject TC.

WG3 further requests that Prof. Sam Oh prepare a draft proposal for a distributed repository mechanism for Published Subjects with a view to a possible Technical Report.