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Topic map

Okay kiddo, let me explain what a topic map is! Imagine you have a big bookshelf with lots of books on it. Each book is about a different topic, like animals, space, or food. Now imagine you want to find all the books that talk about cats. How do you do it? You could start looking at each book, but that would take forever, right?

Well, a topic map is like a big map that helps you find information about lots of different topics, just like how a regular map helps you find your way around a city. Instead of streets and buildings, though, a topic map has different subjects, like cats, dogs, birds, and more.

Each subject is called a "topic," and each topic has lots of information about it, just like each book on your bookshelf has lots of pages with information about its topic. The topic map makes it easy to find all the information about a particular topic, just like how a map makes it easy to find a particular building or street.

So, let's say you want to learn all about cats. You would look at the topic map and find the topic for "cats." Then, you could click on that topic and see all the information that is related to cats, like different types of cats, their habits, and their diets.

Overall, a topic map is a really helpful tool for organizing and finding information about all sorts of topics, just like a map is a helpful tool for finding your way around a city.
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