Siegfried Handschuh has announced the initial beta release of OntoMat, an interative tool for generating DAML annotations for web pages.

OntoMat is aimed at end-users who wish to enrich their pages with DAML metadata. The Java based tool includes both an ontology browser and a HTML browser that will display the annotated text (although the display capabilities are currently limited). The user creates annotations using a drag-and-drop interface.

The tool is extensible using a plugin archictecture. Future versions will likely include a plugin that will 'suggest' portions of a document that are suitable for annotation.

Discussion and feedback on the tool should be directed to the Ontomat mailing list.

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