Topic Maps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_Maps) have three main elements: Occurrences, Associations and Topic). Its tree like structure connecting nodes with its related sub nodes..
This paper https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247152447_Health_Care_Critical_Knowledge_Monitor_System_Model_Health_Care_Critical_Knowledge_Ontology_Component refer to topic model and ontology. In a esay way you can represent an ontology as a topic map. Hope that it is useful for you.
Conference Paper Health Care Critical Knowledge Monitor System Model: Health ...
During my research study, i worked on application of concept maps and information visualization to enhance user experience over DSpace by using comparing many tools such as VUI, SpaceTree, etc. A prototype model also build on this.