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AsTMa= Language Definition
Robert Barta Bond University
rho@bond.edu.au Copyright © 2003 Robert Barta
AsTMa= is part of the AsTMa* language family which was designed to facilitate authoring, but also constraining and querying topic maps. This document provides a formal language definition based on a syntax and mapping rules how particular AsTMa= language constructs are mapped into an XTM equivalent.
This document has no formal status. It is a technical report of Bond University.
Introduction
Conventions
Syntax
General Semantics
Overall Structure
Naming and Encoding
Comments
Topics
Associations
Directives
Appendix A: Open Issues
Appendix B: Changes
Appendix C: Suggested predefined inline association templates
Appendix D: Syntax
Appendix E: Suggestions for Directives
Appendix F: Deprecated Features
Appendix G: References