主题图的概况及应用研究（上篇）

在语义Web时代，主题图（TopicMaps，文章简称TM）被认为是实用性较高的知识组织技术。本研究以TM技术的应用为最终目标，分上、下两篇整体地论述TM的相关研发工作。本篇中给出TM的概况，包括TM的概念、标准体系、应用领域、开发工具和相关网站等，为进行具体领域的应用开发奠定了基础；在另一篇中，将结合金融培训机构知识体系，介绍如何应用TM技术来组织行业知识，包括基于TM技术的金融培训机构知识系统的架构设计和实现。最后，给出本研究对未来的展望及结论。

A Survey of Topic Maps and Its application Study(Part 1/2)

In the Semantic Web era, Topic Maps （Hereafter abbreviated as TM） is considered a practical knowledge organization technique. In this study, aiming at the realization of TM technology applications, the two articles give a comprehensive exposition of TM related R＆D works. The first article gives an overview of TM, including the concept of TM, the standard systems, applications, development tools and related sites. It lays the foundation for application development in specific areas. The second article, with knowledge system of financial industry training institutions, describes how to use TM technology to organize industry knowledge, including the architecture design of financial induslxy training knowledge system and its implementation based on TM. Finally, it gives the future prospects and conclusions of the study.