application/xtm+xml Media Type Registration

This document describes a media type (application/xtm+xml) for serialization of Topic Maps into Extensible Markup Language (XML). Topic Maps is a technology for encoding knowledge and connecting this encoded knowledge to relevant information resources. Topic maps are organized around topics, which represent subjects of discourse; associations, representing relationships between the subjects; and occurrences, which connect the subjects to pertinent information resources. Topic Maps is an ISO standard (ISO 13250).