Project News

DNS transfer problems

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:51:46 +0100

Due to unexpected problems during the dns transfer the portal was unreachable for a while.

Hardware Problems

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:06:22 +0200

OntoWare has been down these days due to hardware problem. But fortunately, it's now solved and hopefully completely fixed.

RDF2GO 4.4 released

Max Völkel — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:35:06 +0100

Get the latest RDF2Go now, an adapter for the latest OpenRDF will be supplied by Aduna soon.

Repository moved

Max Völkel — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:16:40 +0100

The RDF2GO source code repository lives now at svn+ssh://ontoware.org/svnroot/semweb4j/trunk/org/semweb4j/rdf2go.api for the API. Other parts are projects at svn+ssh://ontoware.org/svnroot/semweb4j/trunk/org/semweb4j . Browsing on the web is here: https://ontoware.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/?root=semweb4j

RDF2Go 4.x underway

Max Völkel — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:03:31 +0200

The new API will no longer be bound to java.net.URI but uses instead it's own marker interface. A sneak-preview on the new API can be gotten from live CVS here: https://ontoware.org/plugins/scmcvs/cvsweb.php/rdf2go/src-core/org/ontoware/rdf2go/?cvsroot=rdf2go

Abstract Syntax output, LUNA tool, and more

Denny Vrandecic — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:39:13 +0200

Version 0.27 of the owl tools are finally released! You will find six months worth of bug fixes in the tools, and also a new tool, luna, that adds an axiom to state the difference of all individuals in the list; the latex tool has been greatly improved; the syntax translation tool now has also an output in abstract syntax; dlpconvert now has a RuleML output; and much much more. Works with the new version of KAON2!

RDFReactor 3.2 - many new features

Max Völkel — Wed, 10 May 2006 02:37:39 +0200

Just in time for the Jena User Conference we release RDFReactor 3.2. Now bundled with RDF2Go (and Jena 2.3) and jREST (both LGPL). All you need for semantic web applications in one file. New features: Cardinality constraints, Inverse properties, more options

One jar to rule them all

Max Völkel — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:46:14 +0200

Triple stores, RDF, Servlets - tame three Semantic Web obstacles with one library. Semweb4j helps.

Experimental SPARQL support

Max Völkel — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:55:08 +0100

RDF2Go now has SPARQL support (currently only in CVS, including test cases). Currently only for Jena 2.3, Sesame support underway. Ohter triple stores on request ;-)

SemVersion 0.9 released

Max Völkel — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 06:37:00 +0100

New: Persistent storage, User management

Subversion Support on Ontoware

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:40:28 +0100

Ontoware now supports Subversion and offers choice between CVS and SVN to manage source code. If you have an existing CVS repository that you would want to convert to SVN, make an appointment with us for the migration using our support tracker. Here are some instructions on how to access the repository. Newcomers to subversion may be interested in the Subversion book http://svnbook.red-bean.com

OWL to Latex

Denny Vrandecic — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:09:00 +0100

Version 0.26 of the OWL tools have just been released! They include a brand new tool, latex, that reads an OWL ontology and creates latex processable output - import it immeadiatly to your paper! Further improvements: dlpconvert got a few bugfixes and also an Integrity Constraints handlings system, and the shell got improved (but remains still heavily beta) Your comments are appreciated!

Visual Parser Generator beta 0.1 released!

Sebastian Gerke — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:08:55 +0100

First release of this Tool which allows you to create a parser by examples. Just start the Jar file which you can download at the Files Section of the ParserLernen project.

RDFReactor 3.1 released!

Max Völkel — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:59:40 +0100

Just in time for the ISWC demo/poster session we proudly present a RDFReactor 3.1. Just grab the starter pack and try it out.

version 3 released

Max Völkel — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:59:31 +0100

release of latest version with various (small) enhancements. A backport to Java 1.4 is planned and underway. Public CVS contains a Sesame-supported version for JDK 1.4 already.

SemVersion 0.8 beta 1 released

Max Völkel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:59:28 +0200

This release is te first public beta release. It offers all versioning functionality, although not everything is completely tested. Please review the API and give us feedback for further enhancements.

Sesame support

Max Völkel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:59:24 +0200

The latest release 3 now includes support for Sesame 1.2.2. Support for Jena 2.2, NG4J and YARS remains.

RDFReactor 3 - developer release

Max Völkel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:59:01 +0200

If You dare, You can now try out the most recent version, pre-packaged as an eclipse 3.x project. Enjoy. An official release will follow soon.

rdf2go (beta) released

Max Völkel — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:00:56 +0200

The rdf abstraction library rdf2go allows developers to code now and decide on implementation later. And change. rdf2go uses simple java types where possible and thus avoids the "Jena-Syndrom" :-)

Reactor3 is born

Max Völkel — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:00:51 +0200

A yet-again refactored version. Half as complicated, twice as usable.

CVS web interface

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:11:41 +0200

Project members now have the ability to browse the CVS repository through the web interface. Project -> SCM -> Browse CVS Repository

New Bugfix for pre 0.7

Martin Melullis — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:39:02 +0200

- Fixed Bugs when using proxies, should work now - added export of results to HTML - various fixes

RDFReactor 02 released

Max Völkel — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:00:15 +0200

RDFReactor simplifies Jena Model usage, if You work a lot with instance data. It generates an object-oriented API from a RDFSchema.

Source for Metis online

Martin Melullis — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:00:07 +0200

Under files the sourcecode for metis is now downloadable. Future releases will include the souce with the installers.

ISWC submission

Max Völkel — Tue, 03 May 2005 07:51:53 +0200

The current version of RDFReactor is described in an ISWC submissen, available at http://xam.de/2005/05/rdfreactor.pdf . The new version is currently under preparation for the next release.

OWL Export

Jens Hartmann — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:17:46 +0100

OntoWare.org now exports the complete portal content as validated OWL ! See it working at https://ontoware.org/cmi/ We use the SWRC ontology for content exchange. Import of content into the portal is currently supported as well (using RDF).

New Release 0.6a

Martin Melullis — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:22:12 +0100

This new release is easier to use: - Simpler, more logical Interface ( DataModel mustn´t be given anymore, you only have to open the ranking model) - The ability to load and save experiments added - New version of Hydra used - Internal structure reorganised - lots of bugfixes

CVS Statistics

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 06:33:10 +0100

Project admins now have the ability to view CVS logs from "Project" -> "Admin" -> "CVS Statistics"

New Ontoware Themes

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:49:11 +0100

There are two new themes available. They can be found as usual in "My Page" -> "Account Maintenance" -> "Theme"

New Release 0.4a

Martin Melullis — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:07:14 +0100

With this release ( https://ontoware.org/frs/download.php/32/Metis-0.4a-install.jar ) we have changed the underlying http-libraries to the ones used by the apache project, which should proof more flexible and stable. Most importantly they allowed Metis to fully support proxies. If you have any trouble please use the bug report feature of this site.

Project Logo

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:50:53 +0100

Featured Projects can upload a Logo which will be displayed on the start page. Project Admins can find this feature in Project Name -> Admin -> Edit Image

OntoWare New Version

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:35:47 +0100

The new version of OntoWare is out with a significant number of changes and improvements. The major changes include: - Role-based access controls: unifies all the access information for a project into roles. - SCM Refactoring: OntoWare now uses plugins to provide CVS SCM tool integration. - Task Manager Reminders: A cron job that sends out harrassment messages if your tasks are falling behind. - Reporting: Major cleanup and rewrite of statistics systems.

Project Home Pages

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:46:43 +0200

The publishing of project home pages has been simplified. Just create needed files and upload them into your cvs repository with module named "www". They will appear in the appropriate home page directory a few hours later.

Technical Report online

Jens Hartmann — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:34:40 +0200

A technical report discussing details of artemis can be found under "documentation" of the artemis project.

"Dynamic Namespace Management"

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 23:36:14 +0200

OntoWare provides now more advantages with "Dynamic Namespace Management", which allows you to translate domain names from one form into another. Project Administrators can setup this feature from - Project Name -> Admin -> Redirect Options. Works only with "Ontology" project types.

Ontology Projects

Jens Hartmann — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 06:44:17 +0200

OntoWare now supports classic "software projects" as well as "ontology projects" supporting the DILIGENT approach.

ACM Classification

Jens Hartmann — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:40:48 +0200

OntoWare provides now a project classification based on the ACM classification (1998).