AsTMa Topic Map Processing
The AsTMa language family is designed to support authoring, updating, constraining and querying of Topic Maps
This site discusses these languages, provides tutorials and other, more advanced topics. It also contains example maps and sample applications.
- 2008/02/26: New: AsTMa= Emacs Mode
I (az) have just finished my simple-but-already-useful emacs editing mode for AsTMa= maps. It does syntax highlighting so far, with further features to follow. Share and enjoy!
- 06/03/30: New: AsTMa= 2.0 Specification
- 05/05/15: New: TMIP, a RESTful TM Interaction Protocol
- 04/12/20: Update: new version of SUMO (also with XTM)
- 04/09/28: Update: Fixed the online AsTMa= to XTM converter
- 04/09/28: Update: Example maps added: SUMO, "Web Programming", "Internet is Dying" (also with XTM)
- 04/06/06: New: AsTMa* Presentation in Amsterdam 2004 (SC34WG3 meetings)
- 04/03/16: New (1.29): AsTMa? TMQL Use Case Coverage
- 04/01/12: Update (1.3): AsTMa= Language Definition (final version)
- 03/09/15: New (1.1): AsTMa? Language tutorial (part II)
- 03/09/14: Update (1.0): AsTMa* family overview, latest status
- 03/09/07: New: ISO/FDIS 15926-2 as Topic Map (.atm, .xtm)
- 03/09/06: New (1.1): AsTMa? Language tutorial (part I)
- 03/08/26: Update (0.2): AsTMa? demo: more queries, more databases
- 03/08/06: New (0.1): AsTMa? demo subsite
- 03/06/24: Update (0.3): AsTMa? Language Definition
- 03/05/20: New (0.1): TMQL Presentation in London (bug fixed)
- 03/04/28: New (0.1): AsTMa? coverage of TMQL use cases
- 03/04/24: Update (0.2): AsTMa? Language Definition
- 03/04/22: New (1.0): AsTMa= Language Issues
- 03/04/07: Update (1.3): AsTMa! Tutorial
- 03/04/07: Update (0.6): AsTMa! Specification (Math symbols viewable with Opera, without Math symbols)
- 03/02/17: More examples in the authoring section added
- 03/02/15: Online converter AsTMa= to XTM reactivated
- 02/12/28: First AsTMa? Language Definition (Draft, v0.1)
- 02/12/25: Updated version (1.1) AsTMa= Specification (v1.1)
- 02/12/14: Added Software project Use Case
- 02/12/09: Updated version (1.1) of AsTMa! Tutorial
- 02/12/08: AsTMa! Specification 0.4 (Draft with MathML) (without MathML)
- 02/11/23: AsTMa! Tutorial
- 02/10/13: if browser supports MathML: AsTMa! Specification (Draft) (without MathML)
- 02/08/08: AsTMa= Tutorial (without reference to XTM)
- 02/07/20: AsTMa= tutorial reorganized
- 02/07/22: AsTMa= language definition updated
- 02/07/24: Web Site relaunched


