"topic map" meaning in English

See topic map in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: topic maps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} topic map (plural topic maps)
  1. A representation of knowledge consisting of a graph of topics (representing any concept, from people, countries, and organizations to software modules, individual files, and events), associations (which represent the relationships between them), and occurrences (which represent relationships between topics and information resources relevant to them). Wikipedia link: topic map Categories (topical): Information science

Inflected forms

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