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Topic maps as the GPS of information
Topic maps provide an approach that marries the best of several worlds, including those of traditional indexing, library science and knowledge representation, with advanced techniques of linking and addressing. It is our firm conviction that they will become as indispensable for tomorrow's information providers as maps for the traveller. And once topic maps have become ubiquitous, they will indeed constitute the GPS of the information universe.