Braque

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I've been working on Braque, a metamodel based on partially ordered multi hypersets with a constraint database implementation and interactive visualization.

My writings


Integrating Information on the Semantic Web Using Partially Ordered Multi Hypersets

(September 2002)

My Master's Thesis, giving the full details on the Braque metamodel and the integration of XML, RDF and Topic Maps.

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Using Hypersets to Represent Semistructured Data

(April 2002)

A refined report on my ideas about a new metamodel.  The metamodel is based on hypersets (non-well-formed sets) and I explain the basic principles of this representation.  I also draw comparisons to other popular metamodels to show how to achieve a mapping to hypersets and how my metamodel addresses some outstanding concerns.  Published at Information Systems Modeling 2002.

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Applying Multi-dimensional Separation of Concerns to Software Visualization

(May 2001)

A few pointers on how visualization tools would need to adapt to deal with MDSOC software.  Has a short intro for both MDSOC and software visualization, then talks about how the visualization's underlying model would need to be adapted.  Not much to say about the visualizations themselves.  In proceedings of the ICSE 2001 Advanced Separation of Concerns Workshop.

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My presentations


Integrating Information on the Semantic Web Using Partially Ordered Multi Hypersets

(September 2002)

My short Thesis Defense presentation, giving an overview of the research detailed above.  May not be much use without the live narration.

Media:  Powerpoint Acrobat PDF


Information Interchange on the Semantic Web

(November 2001)

A presentation on the basic ideas behind the semantic web, a short introduction to RDF and Topic Maps, and some thoughts on the structures needed to integrate them.  Lots of graphs and diagrams.

Media:  Powerpoint Acrobat PDF


A Better Model

(January 2001)

An initial presentations of my ideas about a new metamodel.  While the core has remained, most of the details have changed since.  Interesting for historical purposes only.

Media:  Powerpoint Acrobat PDF