topicmapsforge.org publishes a topic map on the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa starting 11 June 2010.

The map, available in English and German, provides access to data on teams, players, referees and stadiums, as well as to the schedule of all matches. To provide up-to-date information it will be constantly updated during the upcoming tournament.

Data is harvested from various sources in Wikipedia, transformed and integrated into a topic map.

Based on the ISO-standardized topic map as its data source, topicmapsforge.org provides a comprehensive and highly linked network of navigable information about the world cup. Characterized by its subject-oriented information architecture, topicmapsforge.org aggregates all available information around each subject and makes it availble at the cost of a single mouse click.

For an overview on the participants just click on the respective menu item participants to retrieve a multifunctional table showing persons, their nationalities, their national teams and their roles as kickers, coaches or referees. Enter „coach“ in the box for quick text-filtering to reduce the records related to coaches at the world cup.

To find out about clubs and their kickers participating in the world cup, you may click on the menu item club to access an overview of clubs, their countries, the number of kickers participating in the world cup, the names of these kickers, and the national teams they are playing for. Use the text filter on the left and enter „manchester“ to reduce the table to the two Manchester Clubs. Interested in ManU? Just click on „Manchester United“ to retrieve an overview of their kickers and find that ManU-kickers are playing for the national teams of England, France, Korean Republic, Portugal, and Serbia.

If you are interested in the topic „Germany“, you may try the semantic search functionality provided with the search box to the right. For „germany“, you get several dozens of themes listed, together with their type, and information causing the hit. Due to the latter you will understand why a search for Germany also retrieves the company adidas as the sponsor of the German team. Each search also retrieves a short list of categories for the topics found. E.g. the search for „germany“ finds topics such as „person“, „club“ or „group match“. You can use these categories to further specify your interest, and quickly reduce the list of retrieved topics.

The topic map on the 2010 soccer world cup and the web application provided on topicmapsforge.org make the maze of information about this mega event transparent and navigable in an efficient and intuitive way. Try it out - so you know.

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