[seek-kr-sms] new ontology editing tool

[Shawn Bowers]

Here is a description of the product:

http://www.altova.com/products_semanticworks.html

There appears to be a 30-day trial download.  It looks like they use a
similar graphic style (icons, layout, etc) as for XML Schema ...

-shawn

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Matt Jones wrote:

> This tool is advertised by the company that makes XML Spy, the most
> popular XML editor.  It may be worth checking out as an alternative to
> Protege.
>
> Matt
>
> Developers Access Semantic Web with New Altova Tool
> Kathleen Ohlson, Application Development Trends
>
> Altova has introduced a Semantic Web development tool that enables
> developers to graphically create and edit in Resource Description
> Framework and Web Ontology Language. The Semantic Web is a common
> framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application,
> enterprise and community boundaries, according to the World Wide Web
> Consortium. The framework acts like a giant database, with data on Web
> pages, databases and other information management systems that machines
> search, process and engage with. RDF, OWL and XML provide descriptions
> that supplement or replace content in Web documents. These descriptions
> allow content managers to add meanings to the content, enabling
> computers to automatically gather and research information. Using
> Altova's SemanticWorks 2006, developers graphically create and edit
> RDF instance documents, RDF Schema vocabularies and OWL ontologies
> with full syntax checking. Developers can switch from the graphical
> RDF/OWL view to the text view to evaluate how their documents are
> being built in RDF/XML or N-triples format. The text view includes
> syntax coloring, source folding, and line numbers for easy file
> navigation.
>
> http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=11889
>
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