Features: Ontology Tools Survey, Revisited

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Ontology Building: A Survey of Editing
Tools

Ontology Building: A Survey of Editing
Tools 11/06/2002 08:34 PM
Ontologies, structured depictions or models of known facts, are being built today to make a number of applications more capable of handling complex and disparate information. Michael Denny surveys the tools available for creating and editing ontologies.

Traffic Management Tools Gain More
Features

Traffic Management Tools Gain More
Features 07/19/2004 04:28 PM
Array, Redline and others are putting multiple traffic management functions into one-stop tools.

MSDN TV: New Visual Studio Tools
Features for Web Developers

MSDN TV: New Visual Studio Tools
Features for Web Developers 09/17/2004 03:03 AM
In this episode, Brian Goldfarb shows some of the new tools enhancements that are coming with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and Visual Studio 2005. See enhancements to both design editor and code editor like validation, Intellisense improvements, source code preservation, and more.

TM-Ontology-KIF-0.01

TM-Ontology-KIF-0.01 07/26/2004 12:44 AM

TM-Ontology-KIF-0.02

TM-Ontology-KIF-0.02 07/26/2004 05:35 AM

Gene Ontology

Gene Ontology 10/30/2003 04:56 PM
Seeking community input on requiring Java 1.4 for DAG-Edit

Ontology Generator

Ontology Generator 12/30/2003 08:30 AM
Ontology Generator
http://progos.hu/ontol ogy_generator.html

Ontology Generator can be used to generate RDF Schema (RDFS), owl or daml+oil, from an uploaded RDF file, RDF file URL or from RDF pasted directly into the page.

OWL: Web Ontology Language - Overview

OWL: Web Ontology Language - Overview 12/17/2003 03:49 AM

Web Service Modeling Ontology

Web Service Modeling Ontology 04/27/2004 05:56 AM
Web Service Modeling Ontology
http://www.wsmo.org/

The SDK WSMO working group, part of the SDK Cluster aligns the research and development efforts in the areas of Semantic Web Services between the SEKT, DIP and Knowledge Web research projects. Members of this working group include key participants with expertise in Semantic Web-related research areas. It is the mission of the SDK WSMO working group to, through alignment between key European research projects in the Semantic Web Service area, further the development of Semantic Web Services and works toward further standardization in the area of Semantic Web Service languages and to work toward a common architecture and platform for Semantic Web Services. WSMO working group includes the WSML working group, which aims at developing a language called Web Service Modeling Language (WSML) that formalizes the Web Service Modeling Ontology (WSMO). This has been added to the Semantic Web Research section of Deep Web Research Information Blog.

Epistemology and Ontology of Programmers

Epistemology and Ontology of Programmers 06/17/2004 11:54 AM
A new paper by David King and Chris Kimble of York Univerisity explores the philisophical assumptions about reality behind common software design methods. The paper, titled "Uncovering epistemological and ontological assumptions of software designers" (PDF format), explains that object-oriented design is not based on a rationalist epistemology but, instead, argues that knowledge is the result of observation. OO design further relies on the assumption that once a description is derived by observing reality, the two somehow remain synchronised, allowing a programmer to learn new things about reality by studying his description of it! A "holistic" design method also described seems to be the only method denying the equivalence of both the programmer's mental model to reality and the programmer's code to his mental model. This seems most likely to me but the paper points out embedded software applications in which an almost exact match between model and reality exists. A simplified slide-presentation (PDF format) of the paper is also available. Okay, it's not specifically robotics related, but I found it very entertaining.

Amazon and Ebay would be useless without
an ontology

Amazon and Ebay would be useless without
an ontology 12/02/2003 01:05 AM
Clay Shirky is continuing to set himself up as the anti-semantic web guy. Its an easy target and good for...

Standard Animal Behaviour Ontology

Standard Animal Behaviour Ontology 11/18/2003 06:59 AM
SABO

If Ontology, Then Knowledge: Catching Up
With WebOnt

If Ontology, Then Knowledge: Catching Up
With WebOnt 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

POWL - web based ontology editor

POWL - web based ontology editor 04/21/2004 11:34 AM
Second Release

OWL Web Ontology Language Is a W3C
Proposed Recommendation

OWL Web Ontology Language Is a W3C
Proposed Recommendation 12/15/2003 04:32 PM
2003-12-15: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL) to Proposed Recommendation. Comments are invited through 19 January. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, supporting advanced Web search, software agents and knowledge management. Read about the Semantic Web Activity. The OWL language is presented in six parts. (News archive)

Web Ontology Language (OWL) - Guide
Version 1.0

Web Ontology Language (OWL) - Guide
Version 1.0 11/11/2002 06:02 AM

Requirements for a Web Ontology Language
Updated

Requirements for a Web Ontology Language
Updated 07/09/2002 06:29 PM
9 July 2002: The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of requirements for the Ontology Web Language (OWL) 1.0. Automated tools can use common sets of terms called ontologies to power services such as more accurate Web search, intelligent software agents, and knowledge management. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity. (News archive)

Digital Harbor Docks Ontology for SOAs

Digital Harbor Docks Ontology for SOAs 08/02/2004 08:18 AM
The software maker uses ontology rules to tie disparate applications together.

Ontology is Overrated: Categories,
Links, and Tags

Ontology is Overrated: Categories,
Links, and Tags 06/05/2005 10:57 PM
Today I want to talk about categorization, and I want to convince you that a lot of what we think we know about categorization is wrong. In particular, I want to convince you that many of the ways we're attempting to apply categorization to the electronic world are actually a bad fit, because we've adopted habits of mind that are left over from earlier strategies. I also want to convince you that what we're seeing when we see the Web is actually a radical break with previous categorization strategies, rather than an extension of them. The second part of the talk is more speculative, because it is often the case that old systems get broken before people know what's going to take their place. (Anyone watching the music industry can see this at work today.) That's what I think is happening with categorization. What I think is coming instead are much more organic ways of organizing information than our current categorization schemes allow, based on two units -- the link, which can point to anything, and the tag, which is a way of attaching labels to links. The strategy of tagging -- free-form labeling, without regard to categorical constraints -- seems like a recipe for disaster, but as the Web has shown us, you can extract a surprising amount of value from big messy data sets. - More at http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html

Web Ontology Language (OWL) Guide
Working Draft Published

Web Ontology Language (OWL) Guide
Working Draft Published 11/08/2002 08:17 PM
8 November 2002: The Web Ontology Working Group has published its First Working Draft of the Web Ontology Language (OWL) Guide. The OWL Guide demonstrates the use of OWL to formalize a domain by defining classes and properties of those classes; define individuals and assert properties about them, and reason about these classes and individuals to the degree permitted by the formal semantics of the OWL language. Read about the Web Ontology Working Group. (News archive)

Working Draft of Web Ontology Language
(OWL) Test Cases Published

Working Draft of Web Ontology Language
(OWL) Test Cases Published 10/25/2002 07:23 AM
24 October 2002: The first public Working Draft of Web Ontology Language (OWL) Test Cases has been released. The draft illustrates correct OWL usage, the formal meaning of OWL constructs, and resolution of issues considered by the Web Ontology Working Group. OWL is used to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies, providing accurate Web search, intelligent software agents, and knowledge management. Read about the W3C Semantic Web Activity. (News archive)

E-mail Marketers! You're Invited to Take
an Email Marketing Survey. Permission,
List Growth Techniques and Spam Filter
Triggers are Covered in the 5-question
Survey.

E-mail Marketers! You're Invited to Take
an Email Marketing Survey. Permission,
List Growth Techniques and Spam Filter
Triggers are Covered in the 5-question
Survey. 08/04/2004 11:24 AM
With the Can-Spam law allowing opt-out, how have previously staunch permission emailers changed their practices...or have they? The online survey asks 5 simple questions about permission practices, growing email address lists, and marketer's understanding of anti-spam filtering. The survey is anonymous and results will be published. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal
Infrared Remote Control - Features -
features.engadget.com

How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal
Infrared Remote Control - Features -
features.engadget.com 07/27/2004 02:41 PM
How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal Infrared Remote Control

features.engadget.com/entry/6336778455600767
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Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must
each do to win the living room -
Features - features.engadget.com

Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must
each do to win the living room -
Features - features.engadget.com 08/12/2004 01:20 PM
Excellent article at Engadget yesterday by guest commentator Thomas Hawk .. Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must each do to win the living room

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How-To Tuesday: Make 3-D photos -
Features - features.engadget.com

How-To Tuesday: Make 3-D photos -
Features - features.engadget.com 08/28/2004 04:46 AM
How to make your own red-blue 3-D photos

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QuestionPro Survey Software Becomes One
of the Few Web-based Survey Providers to
Allow for Conjoint Analysis for
evaluating Product Profiles and New
Product Development

QuestionPro Survey Software Becomes One
of the Few Web-based Survey Providers to
Allow for Conjoint Analysis for
evaluating Product Profiles and New
Product Development 07/21/2004 02:45 AM
QuestionPro Inc., a leading provider of online survey hosting and market research services, today announced the release of its Conjoint Analysis module for measuring product profiles and customer intentions. QuestionPro now offers a simple web interface for creating Conjoint surveys and analyzing response data. Conjoint Analysis techniques allow product managers to analyze and research how customers make trade-offs. Conjoint Analysis is also used to measure brand-equity and brand-interaction. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]

The Trouble with Tethering - Features -
features.engadget.com

The Trouble with Tethering - Features -
features.engadget.com 07/30/2004 02:58 AM
is bad for business .. Siva Vaidhyanathan

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"AIO G3 revisited"

"AIO G3 revisited" 08/23/2004 10:22 AM

""Hacking" Revisited"

""Hacking" Revisited" 02/13/2004 02:37 PM

MySQL and OS X Revisited

MySQL and OS X Revisited 11/23/2002 10:02 AM
via Apple's Internet Developer: "In this article I'll give you an overview of MySQL's features and drawbacks, show you how...

The CELL revisited

The CELL revisited 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
RWT posts a followup to their CELL article, and I revise my stance on the name "synergistic processing unit."

Strings, revisited

Strings, revisited 06/16/2004 10:49 PM
So, I finally did the last draft of the bytecode/assembly level string design for Parrot. It was a mixed bag--the per-string language tag is gone (darn!) but national character sets stay (yay!) with a set of "It's all Unicode no matter what you say" string ops thrown into the mix. Like any other engineering task with multiple conflicting requirements and strong proponents of different schemes, it's safe to say that everyone's unhappy with the result, but I think everyone can make do with what we have. What ultimately resulted, if you don't feel like going and looking up the post...

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea?

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea? 04/01/2005 09:29 AM

Eldred Revisited

Eldred Revisited 08/23/2004 10:05 AM
Larry Lessig from time to time flagellates himself about losing the Eldred case in the Supreme Court. He shouldn't; it was unwinnable for a host of reason (the lopsided vote--7-2--is a clue). Yes, Congress can confer copyrights only "for limited Times," but what's "limited" is a matter of perspective. If...

Python Revisited

Python Revisited 01/01/2004 02:44 PM
Happy New Year! Let's talk shop as usual.

Recently, we've been looking at developing some server software in Python. This is my first serious look at Python since 1999, and I'm impressed with the improvements. It's a couple of years older than PHP, and certainly more mature. Python has a reputation for being more rationally designed than PHP or Perl, and in general that's true; but you can still see Python's age in the fact that there are many APIs that do the same thing (eg. the string functions).

PHP is still a better language for web development because it is a simpler language, easy to teach to Java or Javascript programmers, has more flexible string processing, and designed to work well with templates.

But as a general programming language, Python has its advantages. You can build sophisticated networking software with Python that supports threads and asynchronous connections with reasonable efficiency (though Python doesn't really take advantage of multiple CPU's due to an internal global lock). The Twisted and Dibbler frameworks are testament to that. Python's C API is well documented and Python can be easily embedded into 3rd party apps.

Python is also a good source of design ideas. I have noticed that othe rs have realized that many good Java ideas do not translate well to PHP. There is an impedence mismatch; many things that are hard in Java are easy in PHP. It makes sense to create an elaborate framework in Java to do something that's hard in Java, but to apply the same to PHP suggests more energy than sense. In contrast, I suspect that Python and PHP are more complementary than we all suspect...

PS: We also had a look at developing the same server software using .NET. However .NET doesn't have builtin support for open protocols such as POP3 and IMAP. I continue to be amused at the (intentional?) omissions in the .NET framework.

Entry 1,000 Revisited

Entry 1,000 Revisited 09/09/2004 09:02 AM

Entry Number 1,000: One year ago today we hit 1,000 entries. How quaint.

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Newsletters Revisited

Newsletters Revisited 03/13/2003 12:53 PM

Using PDF Services, revisited

Using PDF Services, revisited 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
This hint reminded me that PDF Services might not be getting the attention or respect they deserve. So here's a simple yet very effective tip that makes saving PDFs fun! Create a folder on your desktop called "PDFs to Read"...

OPML Revisited

OPML Revisited 03/14/2005 05:44 PM

OPML is a simple, widely used, yet often misunderstood, XML format created by Dave Winer.  IMHO, misunderstandings stem from overexposure to traditional ways of using XML.  I must admit, I also laughed at OPML when I first looked at it years ago.  But when I cocked my head (a technique anyone can learn from their dogs), it began to make a lot of sense.

This is what I saw:

Infoset:

• An OPML document is a collection of objects.
• An object may have properties and contents.
• An object's properties are unordered map of name/value pairs.
• An object's contents are ordered list of objects.

Syntax:

• Objects are encoded as XML elements named 'outline'.
• Properties are encoded as XML attributes.
• Content objects are encoded as child XML elements.

Once you get this picture in your mind, you start to appreciate OPML more.  Throw in display and interaction semantics builted into the format along with distributed object linking and embedding Dave often raves about and you got quite a beast of a language.

As to the question of who defines the properties, the answer is everybody does.  OPML is a kind of Emergent Markup Language in that common properties are expected to emerge through industry practices rather than standardization through committees.

There are some shortcomings with OPML though which I would like to see addressed.

OPML Wiki

OPML needs a wiki for OPML developers to interact with each other and to document how each of them are using OPML so that standard or type-specific properties may emerge.

Structured Properties

One weakness of XML is that, while elements may be structured, attributes may not.  Since properties are encoded as XML attributes in OPML, (semi) structured properties (i.e. HTML fragments) have to be encoded at the cost of readability.

I think the need for a wiki is far more serious than the need for structured property support.

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