I saw this in a tweet by Jordan Leigh:
Coding books should be stories first, and just happen to be about code. Instead we have coding docs that just happen to be in a book form.
Looking back over topic map presentations, papers, books, etc., did we also fall into that trap?
It’s rubs the wrong way to have spend so much time on obscure issues only to have to ignore them to talk about what interests users. 😉
What user stories do you think are the most interesting?
The only way to test starting from users stories is to start with user stories. Quite possibly fleshing out the user story and issues before even mentioning topic maps.
Sort of like the fiction writing advice to “start with chapter two.” The book I have in mind recommended that you start with some sort of crisis, emergency, etc. Get readers interested in the character before getting into background details.
Perhaps that approach would work for topic maps.
For all the “solutions” for Big Data, I have yet to see one that addresses the semantic needs of “Big Data.”
You?