The rdf-interest
mailing
list was the venue for the announcements of the
XoTCL
RDF parser
update, a new
ontology editor and a
universal learning format
XoTCL RDF Parser
The updated XoTCL RDF parser is part of the 0.83 version of the XoTCL project. Gustaf Neumann
described the aim of the new implementation is to:
is to provide a very flexible means for integration in different
contexts through the use of high level object oriented concepts such
as design patterns. The new version of the parser is much more
complete (we have a growing list of test exercises in our regression
test) and is much faster.
OilEd Ontology Editor
A new ontology editor named OilEd developed by Sean Bechhofer at the
University of Manchester has been made available as freeware
(registration required). OilEd allows the user to:
- build ontologies;
- use the FaCT reasoner to check the consistency of ontologies and
add implicit subClassOf relations;
- export ontologies in a number of formats including both OIL-RDF
and DAML-RDF.
Ian Horrocks described OilEd as a:
simple, freeware editor that demonstrates the use
of, and stimulates interest in, OIL. OilEd is not intended as a full
ontology development environment - it will not actively support the
development of large-scale ontologies, the migration and integration
of ontologies, versioning, argumentation and many other activities
that are involved in ontology construction. Rather, it is the
"NotePad" of ontology editors, offering just enough functionality to
allow users to build ontologies and to demonstrate how the FaCT
reasoner can be used to check and enrich ontologies.
Saba Universal Learning Format
Saba software has developed the Universal Learning Format
(ULF) which includes the Catalog
Format, which is an RDF mapping of IEEE LOM, augmented with
additional catalog and eCommerce information.