Date: Dec. 27, 2000
Link: http://www.infoloom.com/gcaconfs/WEB/paris2000/S11-02.HTM
Source Author or Organization: Steven R. Newcomb, TechnoTeacher, Inc., Michel Biezunski, Ph.D., InfoLoom

This is an article written by two of the co-authors of the ISO/IEC 13250 Topic Maps standard which discusses the issues surrounding the transition from an SGML-based to an XML-based Topic Maps standard (XTM - XML Topic Maps).